The Proposition
First Look International | Release Date: May 5, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
73
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
Film ThreatPhil Hall
A good film, but it should’ve been a great one. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle Smith
The quality of the acting, Cave's hellfire score and the heavy atmospherics of the directing merely dress up a cliché: Violence leads to more violence. Read full review
50
PremiereEthan Alter
The Proposition can be appreciated as a strong technical exercise, but it fails to resonate on any deeper level. Read full review
50
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
Despite the pictorial riches, despite the firm performances by Ray Winstone as the captain and Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns, despite the miraculous John Hurt in an eccentric role that was put in just for spice, The Proposition is hollow. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverRob Nelson
Conversation is as meaningless as anything else in this barbarist take on "The Searchers." Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
The sketchily symbolic characters and flat plot just frame an atmosphere of sticky heat and Biblical reckoning. Read full review
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