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Alynda Wheat, People: OUTSTANDING (cg) "The best stories -- and the most wrenching -- are the ones that are true." (Read the full review...) 170 words, 10/14/10 Mary Pols, Time: VERY GOOD "While Swank is at her most earnest here, she's very good; and as a guy only a sister could love, Rockwell gives a beautifully nuanced, unexpectedly touching performance." (Read the full review...) 769 words, 10/13/10 David Germain, Associated Press: VERY GOOD (cg) "...it's enormous fun to watch Swank in her element, pounding down legal barriers with the same tenacity she used to knock out opponents in 'Million Dollar Baby.' " (Read the full review...) 561 words, 10/14/10 Thelma Adams, Us Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Tony Goldwyn does a fair job telling the story... rises above the Lifetime-movie level due to Rockwell's performance as a rough-around-the-edges New Englander." (Read the full review...) 85 words, 10/14/10 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT (cg) "Swank has a jaw built for gumption, and all her best characters make use of that interesting stubbornness.... 'Conviction' is a worthy addition to the sisterhood." (Read the full review...) 275 words, 10/15/10 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...director Tony Goldwyn dutifully connects the dots in Pam Gray's screenplay.... Sam Rockwell busts through with a spectacular performance." (Read the full review...) 168 words, 10/15/10 Claudia Puig, USA Today: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a straightforward narrative that unfolds rather predictably.... nonetheless emerges as a potent inspirational story on the strength of its two lead performances." (Read the full review...) 434 words, 10/15/10 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD (cg) "...generates that kind of urgency we feel when a character is obviously right and is up against stupidity and meanness. It delivers." (Read the full review...) 579 words, 10/14/10 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...so bland and predictable in its rhythms that, excepting the participation of a couple of big-name actors, it would be at home on a second-tier cable channel." (Read the full review...) 850 words, 10/13/10
A.O. Scott, New York Times: FAIR "...more like another one of those movies than like the true story it is. Setbacks and breakthroughs arrive like clockwork, and secondary characters step in to fill their allotted roles..." (Read the full review...) 863 words, 10/15/10 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Swank's strength as an actress is in the integrity she gives working-class characters... her steeliness helps Tony Goldwyn's movie move past its by-the-numbers structure." (Read the full review...) 308 words, 10/15/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...falls short of delivering the outrage and uplift that should have come easy for this true-life fight against justice denied.... more a trial than a triumph." (Read the full review...) 730 words, 10/15/10 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "If you're going to offer a story where the outcome seems predestined from the outset, you'd better offer some surprises along the way. They don't." (Read the full review...) 442 words, 10/15/10 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...something fresh and fully inhabited.... an inspirational true story worried less about turning dramatic screws than earning its feeling through character." (Read the full review...) 628 words, 10/15/10 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Well-acted and compelling, but not the Oscar crusher it wants to be." (Read the full review...) 530 words, 10/29/10 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: GOOD "Now will she get through law school? Now will she pass the bar? Now will they find the blood? Now will the DNA results come back?... When? When? When?" (Read the full review...) 597 words, 10/14/10 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...generates that kind of urgency we feel when a character is obviously right and is up against stupidity and meanness. It delivers." (Read the full review...) 579 words, 10/14/10 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "Swank's unsubtle performance is often an extension of the bluntly dumb lines she and other cast members must deliver." (Read the full review...) 652 words, 10/13/10 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "More cable TV heart-tugger than major motion picture... nevertheless hits home on the strength of three solid performances." (Read the full review...) 536 words, 10/15/10 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE (cg) "...so besotted with its heroine that it gives the villains of the piece, the cops who railroaded a guiltless man, short shrift, letting them off the hook." (Read the full review...) 772 words, 10/15/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...pedestrian... takes the undeniably powerful true story of Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank)... and reduces it to a mundane movie-of-the-week." (Read the full review...) 210 words, 10/14/10
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: MODERATE (cg) "...years of hard work, luck, faith, determination, sacrifice and yadda yadda yadda. But doesn't a movie hero need a bit more than that?" (Read the full review...) 568 words, 10/22/10 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...the Oscar-winning actress wears the weight of her role with dignity.... a noble enterprise, and a remarkable story, but it's not a movie that will set you free." (Read the full review...) 538 words, 10/19/10 Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "...could have been earnest and dull, but it's too well made for that." (Read the full review...) 682 words, 10/22/10 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Only somebody who has stripped himself emotionally bare for the camera could achieve the level of performance that Goldwyn gets from every single SAG member on this set." (Read the full review...) 555 words, 10/29/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...better than OK, a worthy, well-told story, but less than brilliantly entertaining." (Read the full review...) 456 words, 10/22/10 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: VERY GOOD (cg) "The acting certainly elevates the movie - Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis and Melissa Leo are also quite good - but it remains a good movie that should have been better." (Read the full review...) 564 words, 10/22/10 Anthony Kaufman, Dallas Morning News: EXCELLENT (cg) "Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell and a strong supporting cast... this earnest film manages to tug a few heartstrings and say something important in the process." (Read the full review...) 383 words, 10/22/10 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...hard not to like. That's principally because it's a Hilary Swank movie... Swank and Driver make a good legal twosome. Juliette Lewis walks off with her two scenes..." (Read the full review...) 869 words, 10/15/10 Clint O'Connor, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...important but somewhat tiresome." (Read the full review...) 413 words, 10/29/10 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: MODERATE (cg) "...an inspiring tale... And yet, the movie that sprang from it too often feels flat and predictable." (Read the full review...) 482 words, 10/22/10 Mike Russell, Portland Oregonian: GOOD (cg) "It earns head-pat adjectives like 'admirable' and 'inspiring' and 'restrained' and 'well-acted' and 'solidly crafted,' but never quite stirs the deeper passions." (Read the full review...) 314 words, 10/22/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "...the story is sustained by the stubborn love between the siblings and by the conviction of the two fine actors who portray them." (Read the full review...) 362 words, 10/22/10 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: GOOD (cg) "Goldwyn and screenwriter Pamela Gray remain so intent upon the legal aspects of the story -- the most predictable parts -- that potentially more interesting aspects are given short shrift." (Read the full review...) 539 words, 10/28/10 Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD (cg) "...isn't a movie that will knock you out, but it should be a sturdy-enough crowd-pleaser." (Read the full review...) 295 words, 10/22/10 Randy Myers, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD (cg) "...not only a taut and engrossing drama, it's one of the best-acted films you'll see this year." (Read the full review...) 522 words, 10/22/10
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "Swank's unsubtle performance is often an extension of the bluntly dumb lines she and other cast members must deliver." (Read the full review...) 652 words, 10/13/10 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...suffers from narrative problems in its first half... Juliette Lewis's 10 minutes deserve a Best Supporting Actress nomination." (Read the full review...) 151 words, 10/14/10 Noel Murray, AV Club: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...remarkably well-acted... But director Tony Goldwyn and screenwriter Pamela Gray dramatize the Waters' plight in the most obvious ways..." (Read the full review...) 330 words, 10/14/10 Simon Abrams, Slant: MODERATE (cg) "...more-bland-than-truly-bad Oscar bait that, to its credit, displays genuine affection for its characters.... Full of functional broad beats and shorthand details..." (Read the full review...) 561 words, 10/12/10 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK (cg) "...pedestrian... takes the undeniably powerful true story of Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank)... and reduces it to a mundane movie-of-the-week." (Read the full review...) 210 words, 10/14/10 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: WEAK (cg) "Swank delivers a powerful performance in largely a one-note film... she risks being typecast as the kind of martyred woman that made-for-Lifetime movies are made of." (Read the full review...) 610 words, 10/22/10
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD "...affecting... provides a showcase for two exceptional actors.... The narrative is, of necessity, often predictable..." (Read the full review...) 292 words, 10/15/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: FAIR "...more like another one of those movies than like the true story it is. Setbacks and breakthroughs arrive like clockwork, and secondary characters step in to fill their allotted roles..." (Read the full review...) 863 words, 10/15/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...falls short of delivering the outrage and uplift that should have come easy for this true-life fight against justice denied.... more a trial than a triumph." (Read the full review...) 730 words, 10/15/10 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...an inelegant but compelling mishmash, worth seeing for a terrific female-centric cast... Ultimately, though, it's a little schizo, like a depressed dude in a clown suit..." (Read the full review...) 691 words, 10/14/10
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: FAIR "Swank and Rockwell provide director Tony Goldwyn's film with a core of emotional integrity... a less heavy-handed, more informative approach would have served them and the audience better." (Read the full review...) 894 words, 09/15/10 Ray Bennett, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...a soundly constructed tale... Tony Goldwyn and screenwriter Pamela Gray have a fine grasp of classic storytelling... the pace never slackens..." (Read the full review...) 487 words, 09/13/10 Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...falls short of delivering the outrage and uplift that should have come easy for this true-life fight against justice denied.... more a trial than a triumph." (Read the full review...) 730 words, 10/15/10 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (cg) "...not formulatic but it's too conventional in narrative and direction to qualify as a truly good film." (Read the full review...) 718 words, 10/11/10 A.O. Scott, New York Times: FAIR "...more like another one of those movies than like the true story it is. Setbacks and breakthroughs arrive like clockwork, and secondary characters step in to fill their allotted roles..." (Read the full review...) 863 words, 10/15/10 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD "...affecting... provides a showcase for two exceptional actors.... The narrative is, of necessity, often predictable..." (Read the full review...) 292 words, 10/15/10
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