The Rookie
Warner Bros. | Release Date: December 7, 1990 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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4
Mixed:
6
Negative:
9
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58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
The plot makes almost no sense, and Eastwood directs in his usual toneless fashion. But in this case, the fact that you can’t always tell the intentional comedy from the unintentional isn’t necessarily a drawback. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comRoger Ebert
What The Rookie feels like is an assembly of scenes that were not attached to characters we can care about. The dialogue is wooden, or artificial, or self-consciously cute. Most of the characters are not given even perfunctory development. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
For all its faults, some of the action scenes in The Rookie are spectacular. [07 Dec 1990, p.E1]
40
The New York TimesVincent Canby
The Rookie is an astonishingly empty movie to come from Mr. Eastwood. Read full review
40
Washington PostHal Hinson
In The Rookie, Eastwood's new buddy movie about a couple of cops in the auto theft division, Clint teams up with Charlie Sheen, and he couldn't be more naked in his attempts to connect with a younger generation of moviegoers if he laced up a pair of Reebok Pumps. Read full review
40
Tampa Bay TimesHal Lipper
The Rookie is the most brain dead action-thriller Eastwood has ever directed or starred in. It plays well as a comedy, but that isn't its intent. [07 Dec 1990, p.6]
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