Paycheck
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5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 41 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 41
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 41
  3. Negative: 10 out of 41

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  1. YeigniptO
    Sep 3, 2004
    10
    I specially like the part when the girl is playing rachel at the cafe. remember the future.
  2. DWP102589
    May 24, 2004
    9
    [***SPOILERS***] I think I can explain what you don't understand Cameron S. All the machine does is read his palm and scan his brain to figure out what's MOST LIKELY to happen in his future. This, of course, can be changed, and his having the items, changes the odds in his favor, creating a different MOST LIKELY future.
  3. DWP102589
    May 24, 2004
    9
    [***SPOILERS***] I think I can explain what you don't understand Cameron S. All the machine does is read his palm and scan his brain to figure out what's MOST LIKELY to happen in his future. This, of course, can be changed, and his having the items, changes the odds in his favor, creating a different MOST LIKELY future.
  4. TylerD.
    May 29, 2004
    9
    I found it quite entertaining, waiting to see what he would use for what. Don't understand why there's such little love here. I guess some people just can't seeem to understand the movie. (((I caught a blooper though, during the cop vs. motorcycle chase through the tunnel. The flashing cop lights get knocked off and then reappear for a few seconds before being gone again.))) Anyways, this is a good movie rent it. Almost Donnie Darko-esque, but with more action and more hollywood. Need to pay attention to grasp this movie.… Collapse
  5. JoeyP.
    Apr 19, 2004
    9
    I'm giving it a 9, just to balance everybody off, though it's probably more somewhere around an 8 *grin*
  6. GeorgeB.
    Jun 22, 2004
    10
    [***SPOILERS***] This is one paycheck you WILL want to cash in! High flying stunts, thought provoking ending, where Ben Affleck finds out his most trusted lover did it, and high flying special effects make this a winner!
  7. RobM.
    Jul 14, 2004
    10
    Well done film!
  8. [Anonymous]
    Jul 14, 2004
    10
    This is really a thought out movie for cerebral exercise.
  9. xahkdlys119
    Jun 9, 2012
    10
    I think that this movie has many twists and turns that is enough to keep people on the edge of their seats. And it surely has something to tell. It mentioned that predicting the future is something that we should not try to do. After all, I think that this is a very nice movie.

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Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 34
  3. Negative: 8 out of 34
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    58
    The amazing thing about John Woo's steely, impersonal adaptation of Philip K. Dick sci-fi story about a tech genius whose memory is erased...is how it vanishes in front of our eyes even as we watch it.
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  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    70
    A nifty science-fiction twist on the old amnesia plot where a guy spends most of a movie trying to remember what he did and why everyone is after him.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Robert Koehler
    40
    Uninspired star turns from Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman suggest something less than full belief in this quickly forgettable thriller.
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