Blood Work
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64 out of 100

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5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 34 Ratings

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  • Starring: Clint Eastwood
  • Summary: A retired FBI profiler is brought back into service under unusual circumstances involving his own blood analysis to track a ruthless serial killer. (Warner Bros.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 34
  3. Negative: 2 out of 34
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    The strength of the picture, directed by Eastwood, is that it has three intersecting story arcs: The investigation, the health issues, and the relationship that builds, step by step.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    A bracingly no-nonsense, highly professional policier—as proudly old-fashioned as its curmudgeon hero.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    60
    Almost nothing comes as a surprise in this stately old fogy of a movie. The pacing is glacial, the screenplay is stiff as a board, and things heat up only in the movie's final scenes.
  4. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    Usually, I'm as slow as the pacing of a movie in figuring out who's done it. If you can't solve this mystery with an hour to go (as I did), better call for a transfusion so a better type of blood will start flowing to your brain.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 10 out of 18
  1. LuisL.
    10
    blood work is a masterpiece.clint eastwood, jeff daniels, angelica huston are suberb. blood work is one of the best films of all times.
  2. [Anonymous]
    8
    Your typical, decent thriller. Eastwood is at his usual greatness, but sometimes the thriller feels unengaging.
  3. Sam
    7
    I liked this movie, it just doesn't have the fantastic quality I came to expect from Clint Eastwood. Good acting, good twists, but there's something missing.… Expand
  4. Hi.I'mGilbertMulroneycakesAndI'llBeYourW
    2
    Tell-tale sign 1: it's only just this second come out in the cinema in this country (Britain, that is)...and it's already out on video in the America. Oh dear. Tell-tale sign sign 2: it's ChristmasNew Year this second...making it easier to bury the film in the theatres. Oh dear. Tell-tale sign 3: it has Clinton of the Eastwood as a romantic lead at the age of about 97. A case of the Woody Allens, I feel. Oh dear. And Clint (Actually a very good director, viz Unforgiven, Madison County and, I believe, Play Misty For Me, though I could be wrong, and if I am, I'm sure Ed the Great will correct me about...now) doesn't even do a good job behind the camera either. Not a very good film? No, not really.… Expand

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