The Great Raid
Miramax Films | Release Date: August 12, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
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10
Mixed:
14
Negative:
5
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38
USA TodayMike Clark
Just about any golden age Hollywood hack could have made a zestier drama about one of the greatest rescue missions in U.S. military history. Read full review
38
New York PostKyle Smith
I hereby award the World War II drama The Great Raid a Cement Star for faithful and distinguished service to the cause of mediocrity. Read full review
33
Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown
The main problem? Raid lacks a center. It's an exhausted sprawl with multiple story foci, none of them terribly compelling. Read full review
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
A tedious World War II epic that slogs across the screen like a forced march in quicksand. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Like the infamous Japanese water tortures of WWII, Dahl’s film is a steadily mounting series of pesky nonevents paced with all the frenetic, action-packed verve of a wounded lawn sprinkler. Read full review
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