Vantage Point
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: February 22, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
11
Negative:
12
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60
EmpireKim Newman
Some okay thrills with good performances and some smarts. But the last reel plunge spoils things. Myth for the new millennium: any average, out-of-shape middle-aged Yank, including the President, can get in a punch-up with a few well-armed, super-trained terrorists, and win. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Vantage Point starts to slide off the rails when it tracks a tourist (Forest Whitaker) and his trusty camcorder; instead of Zapruder-like intrigue, the episode has him running around like an agent in a rote thriller. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
With a less pedigreed international cast the whole thing would be a disaster, as opposed to a chilly new kind of disaster film. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
At a certain point, its sheer can you top this excess, and credibility files out the window three's no reason to continue paying attention. Read full review
50
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Turns out to be a tepid thriller that promises more than it delivers. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
This is competent if completely impersonal filmmaking of a familiar type that finds the usual allotment of famous, or at least famous enough, actors. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Quaid and Whitaker, who serve more or less as the designated humans in this clockwork contraption of a film, are capable in corny roles, but otherwise Vantage Point is as stuffed with cardboard performances and expositional speeches as any seventies disaster flick. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The loaded cast does what it can with the paper-thin characterizations, but Vantage Point gets hijacked early by its high-concept premise, and it quickly devolves into a by-the-numbers thriller with the numbers out of order. Read full review
42
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
An overly gimmicky and fatally repetitive terrorist thriller that quickly wears out its welcome. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
How can we take this doomsday scenario seriously when we keep waiting for Bruce Willis to rise from the ashes? Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
The truth is that two other films with Greengrass' name on them, "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Bourne Ultimatum," have spoiled us for this kind of thriller filmmaking, and stacked against that, Vantage Point doesn't have a chance. Read full review
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