The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Music Box Films | Release Date: November 18, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
6
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3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasNov 17, 2011
It's handsome, large-scale escapist fare - and has as its costar the formidable, versatile Kristin Scott Thomas. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesNov 23, 2011
Fortunately for the company, Largo turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the corporate sense; fortunately for this sleek, empty thriller, he turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the street sense too. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNov 22, 2011
Did I care if Largo Winch won his struggle for control of Winch International? Not at all. Did I care about him? No, because all of his action and dialogue were shunted into narrow corridors of movie formulas. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. MusettoNov 18, 2011
The generic plot is redeemed by exciting action sequences, good-looking location photography and a hot sex scene involving a femme fatale named Lea (pixie-haired Melanie Thierry). Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenNov 17, 2011
About halfway through, the wheeling and dealing becomes so elaborate and the villains so numerous that the only way to enjoy the movie is to let its preposterous story wash over as you sit back and take in the scenery. Read full review
50
VarietyJordan MintzerNov 14, 2011
Euro-financed production throws large chunks of change at a corporate espionage saga spanning several continents, yet most of the money seems to have landed in locations, with too little allocated to the script and stunt departments. Read full review
40
Time OutNick SchagerNov 15, 2011
Whether sleuthing or smacking around thugs, Sisley makes a dashing hero, but this glossy action flick is heavy on tedious convolutions and depressingly light on character depth, suspense or political-economic intrigue. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerNov 15, 2011
Like most of the film's performances, Sisley's comes off as flat and impenetrable, the result both of a certain stoical conception of character and the dissipation of focus that arises from the movie's perceived need to encompass so much. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNick PinkertonNov 15, 2011
It's impossible to imagine how anything this convoluted could have already earned a sequel, but it has. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 17, 2011
The movie is a mess. Read full review
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