Wanted
Universal Pictures | Release Date: June 27, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
28
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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60
The New YorkerAnthony Lane
As nonsense goes, this has a certain gusto and glee, and what dismayed me was that Bekmambetov felt the need to spice it with the addition of coarsely chopped violence. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
There's barely a frame that doesn't look stretched, smashed or otherwise harassed. Imagine "The Matrix" on speed, and you're halfway there. Read full review
50
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Wanted has one good plot twist in store (though it makes little sense), and its sense of humor about its own silliness keeps the fantasy afloat for a while. But as the body count rises, so does the portentous tone, and the relentlessness of Bekmambetov's overamped style becomes oppressive. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
What are Jolie and Freeman and McAvoy doing here, besides acting cooler than Clive Owen in "Shoot ’Em Up"? Cashing a check, that's what. Bekmametov may have talent, but the arrested-adolescent "escapism" of this picture emits a pretty bad odor. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Things happen in Wanted, but no one cares. You could call that nihilism, but even nihilism requires commitment of a kind and this, by contrast, is a movie built on indifference. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Either a go-for-broke action movie or a sick, sick movie for a sick, sick public. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
The film hardly aims to be serious entertainment, and, to its credit, it's never uninteresting visually. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Violence in the movies, no matter how many CGI effects are utilized, can't help but be far more luridly realistic. And, in the case of Wanted, to what end? Read full review
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