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Hurt Locker, The
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Goodbye Solo
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Tulpan
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Gomorrah
86
Seraphine
84
Summer Hours
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U2 3D
83
Revanche
83
Tyson
82
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
82
Sugar
82
Hunger
82
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
81
Il Divo
81
Beaches of Agnes, The
80
Food, Inc.
80
Tokyo Sonata
79
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
78
Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, The
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O'Horten
77
Every Little Step
77
Sin Nombre
75
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74
Treeless Mountain
74
Afghan Star
74
Two Lovers
74
Song of Sparrows, The
74
Lemon Tree
71
Pressure Cooker
71
Jerichow
70
Shall We Kiss?
70
Tony Manero
70
End of the Line, The
69
Valentino: The Last Emperor
69
Unmistaken Child
67
$9.99
67
Rudo y Cursi
67
Girlfriend Experience, The
66
Adoration
66
Moon
65
Sex Positive
65
Departures
64
Outrage
64
Examined Life
64
Throw Down Your Heart
64
Lymelife
63
Tokyo!
63
Cheri
63
Dead Snow
63
Tetro
63
Great Buck Howard, The
62
Cherry Blossoms
62
Big Man Japan
62
Not Forgotten
61
Sunshine Cleaning
60
Under Our Skin
59
Sleep Dealer
58
Julia
58
Easy Virtue
57
Away We Go
57
Merry Gentleman, The
57
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
56
Girl from Monaco, The
56
American Violet
55
Brothers Bloom, The
54
Is Anybody There?
54
Pontypool
54
Stoning of Soraya M., The
52
Quiet Chaos
50
Management
48
Alien Trespass
45
Whatever Works
42
Little Ashes
42
Tennessee
40
Limits of Control, The
40
Paris 36
38
Gigantic
36
Life is Hot in Cracktown
35
New York
28
Big Shot-Caller, The
28
Surveillance
22
What Goes Up
18
Downloading Nancy
16
I Hate Valentine's Day
xx
Call of the Wild
xx
Home
xx
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Training Day
Warner Bros.
FILM:
MPAA RATING: R for brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief nudity
Starring
Denzel Washington,
Ethan Hawke,
Scott Glenn,
Eva Mendes,
Charlotte Ayanna,
Tom Berenger,
and
Snoop Doggy Dogg
A police drama about a veteran officer (Washington) who escorts a rookie (Hawke) on his first day with the LAPD's tough inner-city narcotics unit. (Warner Bros.)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
David Ayer
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Antoine Fuqua
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 19, 2002
Video: March 19, 2002
Theatrical: October 5, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
120 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Denzel Washington received an Oscar for Best Actor for his lead performance (while co-star Ethan Hawke also received an Oscar nomination for his supporting role).

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...
90
The New Yorker
David Denby
Trashy and opportunistic as some of it is, Training Day is the most vital police drama since "The French Connection" or "Serpico."
90
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
One of the finest cops-and-robbers thrillers of recent years.

90
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Ominously atmospheric study of police corruption dangles danger and sinister motives at every turn.

88
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Be warned: Though it's entirely justified by the story, there's a level of violence and brutality in Training Day -- that some terror-weary audience members may not care to cope with these days.

80
New York Magazine
Peter Rainer
On a purely visceral level, Training Day is easily the most exciting movie out there right now, but as a morality tale with anything large on its mind, it's a cop-out.

80
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Training Day can be simplistic, formulaic and absurdly melodramatic -- but Mr. Washington is flat-out great.
80
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Mesmerizing entertainment, but it's also a cop-out.
80
Time
Richard Schickel
As long as Training Day stays tightly focused on the struggle between the two cops, the movie is first rate.
80
Washington Post
Megan Rosenfeld
A taut, high-velocity film that departs from the action flick template by having actual ideas.

80
Slate
David Edelstein
If nothing else, Training Day is a gorgeous pedestal for Denzel Washington.

80
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
Antoine Fuqua's propulsive, elegantly written police thriller, offers the unsettling spectacle of Denzel Washington.

80
New Times (L.A.)
Andy Klein
Washington creates an indelibly charming and terrifying character whose volatile blend of dedication and horrible expediency keeps us off balance.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
A razor-wire-taut (and extremely violent) exploration of what happens when good guys go bad, badder, baddest.

75
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
The movie raises questions that are on plenty of minds right now, including whether and how much the rules should be bent to wage a war (in this case, on drugs) that cannot be won conventionally.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
So extreme is his mad dog behavior, indeed, that it shades over into humor: Washington seems to enjoy a performance that's over the top and down the other side.

75
USA Today
Claudia Puig
With its unflinching style, Training Day can be hard to sit through at times. But it's worth the discomfort for the adrenaline rush of the plot and Washington's compelling performance.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
This is a movie that rocks and socks you, and has a performance by Washington that's ruthless and scary. But in the end, it leaves you unmarked.

75
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Even when it falls back excessively on coincidence and contrived set pieces, even when it gushes irretrievably over the top in its final act, Washington makes Training Day sizzle.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
It is so propulsive so much of the time, it almost looks as if it's going to go the distance. If Washington & Co. don't quite manage to bring it home, the getting there sure is something.

75
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Even if the movie loses its nerve at the end, that doesn't take anything away from Washington's performance.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
He presides over the picture with such assurance that even longtime Denzel-watchers gape.
70
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Though Training Day doesn't resolve itself as well as it deserves and ends strictly cops-and-robbers style, it's given us some great acting and something to ponder. Not every cop show can lay claim to that.

70
Film Threat
Michael Dequina
Bit of melodramatic grandstanding that it is -- is made irrelevant by Washington's volcanic energy and fierce conviction.

70
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Mr. Washington's dry-ice grandeur -- the predator's reflexes contrasting with a pensive mouth -- deserves regard, and his powerhouse virtuosity will almost guarantee him an Oscar nomination.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Training Day has the best performances and worst third act of any movie you're likely to see this year.

60
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Even after it becomes clearer which side of law Harris is operating on, the film continues to work as a taut -- if violent -- police thriller.

60
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
But this is Washington's show, his Scarface, if you will, and his smiling, seductive monster is a thrilling creation that gives Training Day all the bite it needs.

50
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
It's a little depressing to see such a thrilling talent deployed in such an ordinary and sordid movie. Training Day isn't awful, but it's absolutely nothing special.

50
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
As exhausting as it is exhilarating to watch, the film in the end is less than fully satisfying.

50
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Denzel Washington does a cocksure turn in Training Day -- That may be enough to transform a shallow picture with delusions of grandeur into a crowd-pleasing hit.
42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
The masochistic brutality it's selling still seems glaringly out of step with the current mood of the country.

42
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
There's no denying that Washington can play a rococo villain with flip ebullience, but I fervently wish he were doing it in a movie that paid more than lip service to the real world.

40
LA Weekly
Manohla Dargis
One of those movie equivalents of a freeway pileup -- it's a mess, at once insistently watchable and a total dead end.

30
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
A blandly twisting plot with no meaningful revelations or substantial themes.


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