The Last Castle
DreamWorks Distribution | Release Date: October 19, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
14
Negative:
9
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38
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
I don't know why Redford and the white-hot Gandolfini signed on for this fiasco, but the give-and-take between them is the film's sole pleasure. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
It's a mishmash of "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "From Here to Eternity" and "The Great Escape," with everything complex and entertaining siphoned off. Read full review
33
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Miscast, clumsily staged and ideologically wobbly. Read full review
30
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Deadly dull. Read full review
30
New Times (L.A.)Luke Y. Thompson
Lurie's politics aside, it's astonishing that a man who once reviewed films keeps churning out movies full of cinema's most hollow clichés; indeed, he turns out stuff that's even more disjointed and improbable than the most mediocre fare. Read full review
30
SlateDavid Edelstein
A melodrama in which the clichés prove more lethal than the bullets. Read full review
30
TimeRichard Schickel
Redford underacts, Gandolfini overacts, and this movie is directed with the same air of unreality, the same grim passion for cliches, both cinematic and emotional, that Lurie brought to his first film, "The Contender." Read full review
20
New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter Rainer
Plays out like "Cool Hand Luke" meets "Attica," and it's quite the silliest thing. Read full review
20
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Bizarre, confused, sanctimonious manure that makes Lurie's own "The Contender" look responsible by comparison. Read full review
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