The Star Chamber
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: August 5, 1983 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Taut, if occasionally silly, the film is hampered by ideological confusion. Director Peter Hyams doesn't seem to know if he's making a reactionary Death Wish" clone or a liberal problem film. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
It is a great disappointment, halfway into the movie, to find The Star Chamber so far off the track that its credibility almost entirely disappears...The Star Chamber has a well- meaning urgency, and it is an entertaining film even when it becomes so thoroughly misguided. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
The Star Chamber has the slippery feeling of a movie made with optional endings, and the narrative sag of pulled punches. You can tell it was meant to be a thoughtful action picture, a B-movie with smarts. But it's too slick, and ultimately it's too careful. [6 Aug 1983, p.7]
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The Star Chamber works brilliantly until it locks into a plot. Then it stops dancing and starts marching. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Just as Douglas discovers that he can go only so far along the extra-judicial path, so the film's line of reasoning twists part-way, falters, then ties itself into tangled and inconclusive knots. Read full review
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