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Thriller about a man who becomes involved in an underground vigilante operation when he attempts to get justice for a brutal attack on his wife. Cast:Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Jennifer CarpenterDirector:Roger DonaldsonRelease Date:March 16, 2012DVD Release:June 19, 2012From:Anchor BayRating:RLength:1 hr 44 min
Seeking Justice played in national release to fair reviews. • Roger Moore wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "...a puzzle too easily decoded, but director Roger Donaldson finds enough blind alleys to keep us distracted. Random bits pay off..." • And Nick Schager wrote for Slant, "Cage delivers one awkward, mannered line reading after another while operating in normal-guy mode... sheer silliness..." More Reviews Below...
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: WEAK(cg) "...a story hammered together from discards at the Lunacy Factory. Attempting to find something to praise, I am reduced to this: Cage's performance is not boring."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 826 words, 03/16/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (9 Reviews)
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "...a throwaway thriller... Mr. Donaldson has proven deftness with panting plots and knife-edge tension, but this cobbled-together noir does him no justice at all."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 283 words, 03/16/12
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...wasted, of course, are Cage's talents. He and the always-intense Guy Pearce keep this thing going, but even they seem to know the ultimate destination is a bargain bin."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 315 words, 03/16/12
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Cage acquits himself well enough in this otherwise rudimentary thriller.... it is propulsive, and not without its framed-man thrills..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 224 words, 03/16/12
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: POOR(cg) "...dull, silly... dutifully directed, with an absolute minimum of thrills, by Roger Donaldson, whose credits include the terrific 'No Way Out' (1987)."(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 321 words, 03/16/12
David Edelstein, New York Magazine: FAIR "There are a couple of effective set pieces... winds up being a cluster of decent scenes seeking -- and failing -- to find a reason to exist."(See all of David Edelstein's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 587 words, 03/19/12
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: WEAK(cg) "...a story hammered together from discards at the Lunacy Factory. Attempting to find something to praise, I am reduced to this: Cage's performance is not boring."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 826 words, 03/16/12
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "Working with a pip of a premise, 'Seeking Justice' is the kind of effective middle-range pulp thriller that has lately become an endangered species."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 03/14/12
KEY CITIES (5 Reviews)
Roger Moore, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE(cg) "...a puzzle too easily decoded, but director Roger Donaldson finds enough blind alleys to keep us distracted. Random bits pay off..."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 395 words, 03/16/12
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: POOR(cg) "On the plus side, I will say that this is the only film I have ever seen that tried to wring suspense out of sending its hero to buy a vending machine candy bar."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 223 words, 03/16/12
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE(cg) "...the first half of the movie is undeniably effective... it eventually devolves into the usual business of chases and elaborate double-crosses..."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 389 words, 03/16/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (7 Reviews)
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "Working with a pip of a premise, 'Seeking Justice' is the kind of effective middle-range pulp thriller that has lately become an endangered species."(See all of Nick Pinkerton's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 206 words, 03/14/12
Eric Eisenberg, Cinema Blend: POOR(cg) "Save your money for the next Nicolas Cage movie, which I can only hope will be at least a fraction better than what he was presented here."(See all of Eric Eisenberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 622 words, 03/16/12
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: POOR(cg) "...doesn't have the intellectual heft or moral authority to justify a plot driven by jaywalking, let alone something as ugly and emotionally loaded as sexual assault."(See all of Nathan Rabin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 422 words, 03/15/12
Jesse Hassenger, Pop Matters: WEAK(cg) "Centered on an actor who so famously commits himself wholeheartedly to movies great and terrible, 'Seeking Justice' should be more or less than middling."(See all of Jesse Hassenger's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 764 words, 03/16/12
Alison Willmore, Movieline: FAIR(cg) "...if it sounds like the kind of disposable movie you'll not catch the title of but will happily half pay attention to on cable some day, well, you'd be right on that account..."(See all of Alison Willmore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 855 words, 03/15/12
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "...a throwaway thriller... Mr. Donaldson has proven deftness with panting plots and knife-edge tension, but this cobbled-together noir does him no justice at all."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 283 words, 03/16/12
Scott Tobias, NPR: FAIR "The best director Roger Donaldson can manage is a generic series of car chases, foot chases and shootouts in recognizable New Orleans locales..."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 624 words, 03/15/12
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Cage acquits himself well enough in this otherwise rudimentary thriller.... it is propulsive, and not without its framed-man thrills..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 224 words, 03/16/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Charles Gant, Daily Variety: FAIR "...gives Cage little leeway to explore the loopier shades that were showcased so entertainingly in 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' and 'Kick-Ass.' "(See all of Charles Gant's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 781 words, 11/20/11
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "...a goofy little thriller... Neither the script's conspiracies nor Nicolas Cage's performance is weird enough to trump the film's generic feel..."(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 341 words, 03/12/12
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Cage acquits himself well enough in this otherwise rudimentary thriller.... it is propulsive, and not without its framed-man thrills..."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 224 words, 03/16/12
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "...a throwaway thriller... Mr. Donaldson has proven deftness with panting plots and knife-edge tension, but this cobbled-together noir does him no justice at all."(See all of Jeannette Catsoulis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 283 words, 03/16/12
17.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Seeking Justice's reviews are separated by an average 17.7 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Seeking Justice (24 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Seeking Justice's reviews cover 30.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 10,991 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 458 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 47.3 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Seeking Justice's reviews on average broke 47.3 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Seeking Justice's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Seeking Justice (24 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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