Sneakers
Argentina Video Home | Release Date: September 11, 1992 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
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Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
Positive:
16
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The A.V. ClubJesse Hassenger
Tobolowsky, anagrams, blind driving, a jazzy but tense James Horner score—this movie has everything, and it’s all deceptively well engineered. Read full review
88
USA TodayElizabeth Weise
A fantastic, convoluted and thoroughly satisfying caper movie that just happens to feature everyone from Robert Redford to Sidney Poitier. Read full review
88
The Seattle TimesJeff Shannon
It's far-fetched yet (for entertainment's sake) entirely credible, and the abundant comedy is intelligent enough to advance a serious and surprisingly sophisticated plot. [09 Sep 1992, p.F3]
80
EmpireAngie Errigo
A very neatly plotted blend of elaborate heist and twisting thriller, peppered with amusing gags and smart one-liners for its top class ensemble. Read full review
80
SlateJohn Swansburg
It’s action-packed without being too violent, and smart without taking itself too seriously. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterStaff (Not Credited)
Smartly conceived by the team behind WarGames and carried by Phil Alden Robinson’s jazzy yet suspenseful direction, Sneakers has aged better than the gimongous computer mainframes that Redford and his geek squad try their best to crack. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleKathleen Maher
At a time when conspiracy theories, in their relentlessness, their humorlessness and in their assumption of the monolithic, seem almost to protect the conspiracists by promulgating a sense of hopelessness, Sneakers's sense of fun, by contrast, seems empowering and almost subversive. Read full review
75
Washington PostRita Kempley
Sneakers isn't about growing up, it's about playing games, cracking codes, inventing acronyms. It's a Twinkie for techies, an enormously entertaining time-waster. Read full review
70
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Plausibility is not the movie's strongest suit, but Phil Alden Robinson's enjoyable caper makes up for its gaps in logic with its breezy tone and its technological razzledazzle. Read full review
70
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
A '60s-radical alternative to the 'flying glass' action pic prevalent in Hollywood, the film is sustained by a personable ensemble who generously trade off each other rather than grandstand. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
If you think of Sneakers as a slick, updated Mission: Impossible, it's a lot of fun. It revels in the excitement of breaking security codes, slipping past guards and getting to the prize. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
This is a film that knows enough not to take itself too seriously, and watching the gang wryly adjusting to each other's quirks and foibles is diverting enough to quash any lingering cavils. [09 Sep 1992, p.F1]
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Sneakers is an agreeably lightweight caper thriller that has absolutely nothing to do with Reeboks or basketball. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
It's a sometimes entertaining movie, but thin. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineOdie Henderson
It’s a surprise to discover a cerebral, 25-year-old film following the blueprint for today’s endless glut of superhero movies. It certainly operates on this level for the masses. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
Sneakers is tremendously entertaining when the team is working to breach unbreachably secure institutions. [11 Sep 1992, p.G5]
60
BBCWilliam Gallagher
This is an energetic, fun, almost enchanting thriller with genuine moments of tension and a good few thrills too. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
It's all passably entertaining, but there's precious little that will stay with you; like so many contemporary movies, this one self-destructs five seconds after you leave the theater. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Director Phil Alden Robinson demonstrates an agreeable flair for low-key comedy, changing tones, and the orchestration of complicated logistics until falling into the black holes of gaping plot gaps and an insincere jokiness worthy of Sinatra's Rat Pack. Read full review
40
The New York TimesVincent Canby
Sneakers is jokey without being funny, breathless without creating suspense, in part because of the feeble plot. Read full review
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