High Crimes
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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10

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Metascore
48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 33
  3. Negative: 4 out of 33
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    60
    Ms. Judd commands the screen with consistent authority, and Mr. Freeman brings expansive humor to the role of a self-styled wildcard who's still dangerous in court.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Michael Dequina
    40
    Washes away whatever unique filmmaking personality Franklin has.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Rutigliano
    30
    Secret trials and buried atrocities are no match for a plucky (and rich, and svelte) young heroine, least of all Ms. Ashley Judd, who eyebrow-cocks her way through Carl Franklin's witless High Crimes.
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