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Along Came a Spider
Paramount Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for violence and language
Starring
Morgan Freeman,
Monica Potter,
Michael Wincott,
Jay O. Sanders,
Penelope Ann Miller,
Michael Moriarty,
Mika Boorem,
and
Billy Burke
A psychological suspense thriller adapted from James Patterson's first highly acclaimed novel in the Alex Cross series. (Paramount Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Suspense/Thriller
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
James Patterson (novel)
Marc Moss
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Lee Tamahori
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 25, 2001
Video: September 25, 2001
Theatrical: April 6, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
103 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Freeman fills Cross's gumshoes with distinction.

75
Portland Oregonian
Barry Johnson
The perfect thriller. Nothing too gross to creep you out.
75
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Broody fun.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
It's a superior film in every way to its predecessor "Kiss the Girls."

63
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Best advice: Just sit back and watch Freeman anyway. The man's a cinematic treasure.
63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Freeman gives his overwrought, over-familiar scenes an unlikely shot of intelligence and dignity that cuts through the formulas and almost makes them work.

63
Miami Herald
Curtis Morgan
A mediocre widget stamped straight out of the mold of the popular police procedural.
50
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
It's instantly devoured and quickly forgotten.

50
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Efficient, but in the end quite pedestrian.
50
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
A corkscrew of a thriller, has more twists than a tarantula with a permanent.

50
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A reasonably diverting albeit frequently improbable thriller.

50
Film.com
Robert Horton
As executive producer of the film, he (Freeman) clearly sees something in Alex Cross, a man much more interesting than the cheesy plot surrounding him.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A few loopholes I can forgive. But when a plot is riddled with them -- I get distracted.

50
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
But even that talent (Freeman) isn't enough to distract you from the general predictability of Spider or the absurdity of its elaborate last-minute plot twists.
50
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The script is so ridiculous that nothing rings true.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
An efficient, if overly mechanized, delivery system of thrills 'n' chills.

50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Alex Cross has been neutered on film, deprived of his sexuality, his family, his friends.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
A thriller is only as good as its villain is bad, and this is the film's problem.
47
Mr. Showbiz
Cody Clark
With the dependably compelling Freeman present, even its worst moments are not unwatchable.

40
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
If Michael Wincott -- who under normal circumstances can chill your blood just by breathing -- can't make the villain compelling, you know the movie's in trouble.

40
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
There's not much here for a great actor to sink his teeth into once, let alone twice.

40
LA Weekly
John Patterson
By the time it hits you, you're worn out by all the dead ends and false trails the movie has put you through.

40
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Mr. Freeman, a superb actor, creates the illusion of drama even when there is none.
40
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
A disingenuous and colossally daft whiplash twist (presumably Patterson's) that only further perforates an already ragged plot.

40
Variety
Robert Koehler
Weaves a humdrum plot that's never ahead of the audience until three-quarters through.

38
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
It's blah. Worse than blah, actually, because it's so stupid.

30
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Overplotted, hollow thriller.

30
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
A dreary, ludicrous thriller.

25
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
Relentlessly bland.

20
Chicago Reader
Reece Pendleton
Screenwriter Marc Moss can take credit for the film's laughable dialogue.

10
New Times (L.A.)
Robert Wilonsky
Deadly dull thriller.


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