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Alynda Wheat, People: VERY GOOD (cg) "...sounds like a better thriller than it is... It's good, but with talent like this, 'Ides' should've been great." (Read the full review...) 134 words, 09/29/11 Richard Corliss, Time: VERY GOOD "...smart political drama.... a film stuffed with savvy work by veteran players..." (Read the full review...) 1,005 words, 09/02/11 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...meaty and weighty and relevant, exactly the kind of material that appeals to Clooney, and to fans of Clooney. But it doesn't tell us much that we didn't already know..." (Read the full review...) 636 words, 10/06/11 Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...cold-blooded, cynical -- and utterly captivating.... delivers with crisp dialogue, simmering tension and top-shelf acting." (Read the full review...) 168 words, 10/06/11 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...what's new is that Clooney exposes how in our era the thorny process of politics has become the content, blotting out the meaning of policy... it's a fable of moral urgency, a savvy lament, and a thriller of ideas that goes like a shot." (Read the full review...) 752 words, 10/07/11 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a big, bruisingly funny moral fable etched in acid and Obama disillusion.... All the actors deserve high praise.... consistently gripping..." (Read the full review...) 613 words, 09/30/11 Claudia Puig, USA Today: VERY GOOD (cg) "...grows a little overheated but works particularly well as a morality tale about power and its tendency to corrupt absolutely.... stylishly rendered..." (Read the full review...) 501 words, 10/07/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD (cg) "Clooney the director brings his actor's experience to the job and attends closely to performance. The impression remains, however, that he believes this movie to be more of an expose than it is." (Read the full review...) 847 words, 10/07/11 Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...may be Clooney's most successful picture yet... A lean, clear-eyed, square-jawed, finely calibrated and lightning-bolt-vivid political thriller..." (Read the full review...) 699 words, 10/05/11 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...one of the most honest mainstream movies about American politics ever to be committed to the screen." (Read the full review...) 951 words, 10/03/11
A.O. Scott, New York Times: MODERATE "...deals mainly in platitudes and abstractions, with just enough detail to hold your interest and keep you hoping for something more. Kind of like a campaign speech, come to think of it." (Read the full review...) 1,081 words, 10/07/11 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Just as we're appreciating Clooney's incisive take on American affairs he backs off, into the safe distraction of clichés and melodrama." (Read the full review...) 372 words, 10/07/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...the actual plot that everything is at the service of is disappointing.... an intelligent, involving picture that feels all too real -- until it doesn't." (Read the full review...) 704 words, 10/07/11 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...smart and solidly entertaining, thanks to one of the year's top ensemble casts working at the top of its game." (Read the full review...) 548 words, 10/07/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "...director Clooney respects the pacing and the rhythms of another moviemaking era. The material may be shallow but it's not shrill." (Read the full review...) 649 words, 10/07/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: MODERATE (cg) "Fine acting, but this rehash of the Clinton sex scandal feels outdated and irrelevant to today's more complicated political landscape." (Read the full review...) 580 words, 10/07/11 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: WEAK "...it's tempting to praise 'The Ides of March' as a realistic depiction of how low we've sunk. But that would mean accepting the second-rate writing and third-rate melodrama and incredible shrinking characters." (Read the full review...) 715 words, 10/03/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "Clooney the director brings his actor's experience to the job and attends closely to performance. The impression remains, however, that he believes this movie to be more of an expose than it is." (Read the full review...) 847 words, 10/07/11 Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "Compelling enough as a methodic moral inquiry... less successful when attempting to capture the feeling of the times.... too melancholic to mount an actual political argument..." (Read the full review...) 669 words, 10/05/11 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Ryan Gosling and Clooney lead a crack cast that also includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright and Marisa Tomei, all at the top of their game." (Read the full review...) 877 words, 10/07/11 Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...ends up inadvertently mimicking its subject matter: Like politics, it too leaves you disillusioned." (Read the full review...) 728 words, 10/07/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Clooney, Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and Philip Seymour Hoffman are so good, and so good together, that I didn't even mind being a step ahead of their characters for the entire running time." (Read the full review...) 195 words, 10/06/11
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...snappy, well-crafted but ultimately empty.... Rather than probe the system it abhors, 'The Ides of March' is content simply to reassure the audience that it's still rotting from within..." (Read the full review...) 785 words, 10/07/11 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING (cg) "As a director, Clooney makes every moment count.... There isn't a false note in 'The Ides of March'..." (Read the full review...) 537 words, 10/07/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...isn't a great film. But it is a smart and high-minded one..." (Read the full review...) 493 words, 10/07/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "Clooney makes his points without preaching, directing his fellow performers with an actor's appreciation of their craft. He comes in close on those expressive faces and lets the magic happen." (Read the full review...) 504 words, 10/07/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT (cg) "...a knowing look at the machinations of a political campaign, with its established and somewhat bizarre rituals... there's not a bad performance in it -- look at the cast and that's not surprising -- and Gosling is outstanding." (Read the full review...) 648 words, 10/07/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Are you sitting down? George Clooney has some shocking news: Politics is a dirty business.... The filmmaking is shallow but assured, the star charisma thoughtful but undimmed." (Read the full review...) 850 words, 10/07/11 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...an entertaining movie we can watch without guilt." (Read the full review...) 546 words, 10/07/11 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "There is no point in discounting smart, engrossing entertainment like 'The Ides of March,' though it's hard not to notice when a film that could have been great falls short." (Read the full review...) 661 words, 10/07/11 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...it's Gosling's movie... you see a young man already weary, and an elegant story of dark and light, wordlessly told." (Read the full review...) 421 words, 10/07/11 Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: EXCELLENT (cg) "What really shines is the jigsaw plot (based on a play), which piles revelation on twist without straining credulity, partly because the film is so thoroughly set in the real, contemporary world." (Read the full review...) 317 words, 10/07/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a treat to savor for two hours, not a lesson to digest for four years." (Read the full review...) 408 words, 10/07/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: EXCELLENT (cg) "Anyone disagreeing with Clooney's politics in real life might wince during the first act and feel smug during the third. It's a bleaker film than 'Good Night, and Good Luck'..." (Read the full review...) 512 words, 10/06/11 Tom Long, Detroit News: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a well-made actors' showcase and fine film. But it never finds that more." (Read the full review...) 574 words, 10/07/11 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD (cg) "...impeccably acted and grippingly paced.... smart, invigorating entertainment that reminds you the only person you can trust less than a used car salesman is a politician." (Read the full review...) 474 words, 10/07/11
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "Compelling enough as a methodic moral inquiry... less successful when attempting to capture the feeling of the times.... too melancholic to mount an actual political argument..." (Read the full review...) 669 words, 10/05/11 Josh Tyler, Cinema Blend: OUTSTANDING (cg) "There will be better movies released this year, but maybe none more sophisticated and shrewd." (Read the full review...) 525 words, 10/03/11 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE (cg) "...has too many shades of 'Primary Colors' to be otherwise relevant." (Read the full review...) 149 words, 10/06/11 Noel Murray, AV Club: GOOD (cg) "...goes down easily... But it all feels a bit inconsequential -- perhaps by design.... it's slick and respectable, and delivering old news." (Read the full review...) 289 words, 09/09/11 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: EXCELLENT (cg) "Clooney orchestrates the action nimbly and with a degree of caginess -- he seems to enjoy the process of letting the cat out of the bag only bit by bit." (Read the full review...) 819 words, 10/06/11 Jaime N. Christley, Slant: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a Lumet-esque, cold-concrete melodrama..." (Read the full review...) 556 words, 10/05/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT (cg) "Clooney, Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood and Philip Seymour Hoffman are so good, and so good together, that I didn't even mind being a step ahead of their characters for the entire running time." (Read the full review...) 195 words, 10/06/11 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: MODERATE (cg) "...moves at a surprisingly leisurely pace.... resembles the kind of candidate with superficial charms but no fire in the belly." (Read the full review...) 439 words, 10/05/11 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: OUTSTANDING (cg) "I love this movie because it's exciting about ideas.... It's all about stuff that really matters, such as: What does it mean -- really mean -- to be a principled person?" (Read the full review...) 753 words, 10/08/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: MODERATE "The problem is that the news the story brings may be perfectly accurate, but it isn't particularly original... Words fly, some of them medium-witty, but lightning doesn't strike." (Read the full review...) 452 words, 10/07/11 A.O. Scott, New York Times: MODERATE "...deals mainly in platitudes and abstractions, with just enough detail to hold your interest and keep you hoping for something more. Kind of like a campaign speech, come to think of it." (Read the full review...) 1,081 words, 10/07/11 Anthony Lane, New Yorker: MODERATE "...without more than a sprinkling of voters in the frame, and with even Morris's campaign headquarters retaining a weird and orderly calm, the tale runs out of air." (Read the full review...) 1,592 words, 10/03/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...the actual plot that everything is at the service of is disappointing.... an intelligent, involving picture that feels all too real -- until it doesn't." (Read the full review...) 704 words, 10/07/11 Dana Stevens, Slate: MODERATE "...adds up to less than it appears to be at first glance, or even the first several glances.... somehow remains static and lifeless, like a civics-class diorama." (Read the full review...) 724 words, 10/06/11 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: GOOD "...a fortuitous marriage of actor and director, with Clooney clearing out the middle of the film to let Gosling's natural gravity and watchfulness be the focus..." (Read the full review...) 961 words, 09/12/11
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...wallows in its own superiority to the point where its cynical pose looks almost naive." (Read the full review...) 1,056 words, 08/31/11 Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD "...illuminated by a terrific ensemble cast.... shifts into a film noir mode which is not unpleasant, but certainly less than could have been hoped for by the film's piquant and original first half." (Read the full review...) 913 words, 08/31/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...the actual plot that everything is at the service of is disappointing.... an intelligent, involving picture that feels all too real -- until it doesn't." (Read the full review...) 704 words, 10/07/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a timely, well-executed political-paranoia thriller and classic Faustian morality tale that's impressive on any number of levels." (Read the full review...) 533 words, 09/01/11 A.O. Scott, New York Times: MODERATE "...deals mainly in platitudes and abstractions, with just enough detail to hold your interest and keep you hoping for something more. Kind of like a campaign speech, come to think of it." (Read the full review...) 1,081 words, 10/07/11 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: MODERATE "The problem is that the news the story brings may be perfectly accurate, but it isn't particularly original... Words fly, some of them medium-witty, but lightning doesn't strike." (Read the full review...) 452 words, 10/07/11
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