The Crimson Rivers
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: June 29, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
10
Negative:
3
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60
Mr. ShowbizMichael Atkinson
Glossy, gruesome police drama.
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
For most of its running time, this lunatic euro-thriller is creepy, stylish and occasionally suspenseful. Read full review
60
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Never lacks for energy, and the director and his stars stride with focused confidence through the hooey. Read full review
50
New York PostJonathan Foreman
Two things make this film slightly more interesting than its American B-movie equivalents. There's the artless way it shows the French state exercising its power and the charisma of French stars.
50
VarietyLisa Nesselson
Adequately entertaining but not particularly memorable. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Wants to be about life, death and the red liquid that flows beneath our skin. It ends up being more about stage blood and stupid plot tricks. Read full review
50
USA TodayMike Clark
Dull and unpleasant. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Never lets up: A door can't shut without sounding like a bomb going off; mutilated bodies show up with clockwork punctuality, gratuitously underscored by a relentlessly overbearing soundtrack. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The full explanation for the movie's graphically depicted horrors is preposterous even by the almost-anything- goes standards of the action-thriller conspiracy genre. Read full review
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
The French now proudly prove they can make a big stupid violent cop movie, just like our gifted Hollywood professionals. Read full review
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