Sound of Freedom
Angel Studios | Release Date: July 4, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
36
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
85
Film ThreatAlan NgJul 6, 2023
It’s tough to watch, and you will fight the urge to walk out but stick with it. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanJul 6, 2023
This is a genre thriller. That said, it’s an urgent and honest one, and Caviezel gives his most committed performance since “The Passion of the Christ.” Read full review
60
EmpireKevin E.G. PerrySep 1, 2023
Jim Caviezel is a one-man scourge of child predators in this well-meaning thriller that doesn’t entirely deserve to be written off as culture-war propaganda. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyAug 30, 2023
The storytelling is routine. It warrants neither its hard-core disciples nor its worst enemies. Ignore the dishonest huffing and puffing. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comNick AllenJul 7, 2023
Take away the noise surrounding it, and Sound of Freedom has distinct cinematic ambitions: a non-graphic horror film with what could be called an art-house sensibility for muted rage and precise, striking shadows derived from an already bleak world. If “Sound of Freedom” were less concerned with being something "important," it could be more than a mood, it could be a movie. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 3, 2023
The picture, by Mexican director Alejandro Monteverde, is an earnest and well-intentioned attempt to engage with a very real and harrowing issue. It’s also a thunderously crass and manipulative movie that is hampered by erratic pacing, pantomime bad guys and an overfondness for shots of Caviezel weeping God-fearing, manly tears. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 7, 2023
A compelling hot-button subject and engrossing “true story” runs up against a ponderous script, pedestrian direction and the limited range of star Jim Caviezel in Sound of Freedom, a lumbering thriller about international child sex trafficking that flatlines when it’s meant to be moving, uplifting and inspiring. Read full review
30
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJul 13, 2023
It’s hard to tell if this movie avoids any conventionally exciting set pieces out of scrupulousness or just lack of inspiration. Oddly, the picture’s muted tone ultimately undercuts its solemn sense of mission. Read full review
20
The TelegraphEd PowerAug 31, 2023
It’s bizarre, unsettling and yet – in the filmmaking equivalent of turning wine to water – bracingly dull to boot. Read full review
20
The GuardianPeter BradshawAug 30, 2023
This is just a dull and badly acted movie. Read full review
20
Rolling StoneMiles KleeJul 10, 2023
Apart from its relentless messaging, the movie is hobbled by a near-total absence of procedural logic. Read full review
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