The Company You Keep
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 5, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
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20
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Total FilmKate StablesMay 20, 2013
Well-crafted, well-intentioned and well, just a tad dull. Read full review
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottApr 26, 2013
Ends up being an enjoyable, if only marginally memorable, ride. Read full review
60
Time OutDavid FearApr 2, 2013
Redford’s devotion to old-school liberalism and ’70s socially informed dramas has been a directorial-career constant, and at its best, The Company You Keep feels like a movie you’d have seen in 1975 — one informed by political righteousness and made for adults. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinApr 3, 2013
The result feels like cinematic health food: vaguely good for you but less than delicious. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanApr 3, 2013
Shia LaBeouf, who appears to be on hand to prove that a movie with a crusading newspaper reporter can still exist, perks up his scenes, and Redford acts with his usual hyperalert, placid control. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianMarc MohanApr 18, 2013
As far as the company Redford keeps, I liked it better when he hung out with Paul Newman and Sydney Pollack, but those days are long gone. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickApr 4, 2013
The disappointing The Company You Keep consistently stretches credulity way past the breaking point in its depiction of journalism, police procedure and political activism. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenApr 4, 2013
This earnest, well-intentioned movie elicits frustration that its story had to be packaged as a conventional, not very suspenseful fugitive thriller with a bogus Hollywood ending. Read full review
50
Film.comLaremy LegelMar 11, 2013
The Company You Keep at least manages to maintain an audience’s interest for a solid 80 percent of the film. The ending is a slight flop, which keeps the film from an overall recommendation, and in the stark light of day, it seems fairly evident not everything adds up. Read full review
42
The PlaylistSimon AbramsMar 11, 2013
Even with so many talented actors involved, there’s nothing really galvanizing or particularly provocative about Redford’s latest. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriApr 7, 2013
As a piece of suspense, it ain’t exactly "North by Northwest," or even "Three Days of the Condor"; the awkward attempts at chase scenes make it clear that Redford the actor, who has always given off a slightly lugubrious air, has lost a step or two physically. Read full review
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