True Believer
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 17, 1989 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
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Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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3
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2
Negative:
0
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80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
James Woods, a bushy-tailed attorney, goes the distance with the powers that be and makes "True Believer" a legal blast. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The case involves lots of flaws in the original trial: unreliable eyewitnesses, time discrepancies, conflicts of interest. In other hands, this material might seem familiar, but Woods puts a spin on it, an intensity that makes it feel important - to him, and therefore to us. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The film's view of Eddie Dodd is occasionally on the facile side, but Mr. Woods's performance is crackling and passionate enough to give the character depth despite that; it's also laced with snappish, self-mocking humor that Mr. Woods delivers particularly well. This performance is so razor-sharp that Eddie can be seen coming alive with each little triumph, reveling in each little maneuver and taking each little disappointment terribly hard. His enthusiasm is irresistible. Read full review
60
Washington PostHal Hinson
True Believer is a thriller about moral rejuvenation, and there's not much wrong with it that another actor in the lead wouldn't cure. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheila Benson
Ruben’s stylistic devices, his high angle shots and his black-and-white recountings of courtroom testimony, become just so much cinematic corpse-rouging. Read full review
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