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40Feels overlong and underscripted.
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75Jewison's focus on the Canadians' dogged do-gooderism might have actually prevented a good movie from being a great one.
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75(Washington's is) an astonishing performance, partly because it's so devoid of histrionics, and it has Oscar nomination written all over it.
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75The rest of this well-intentioned picture never reaches (Washington's) level of subtlety and intensity.
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70The narrative--a complex structure of flashbacks and shifts in perspective that's part inspirational story, part courtroom drama, part character study, part exposé--never makes it seem that history is being oversimplified.
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88This is one of Denzel Washington's great performances, on a par with his work in "Malcolm X."
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100Both the movie and Denzel Washington are knockouts.
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50The story is so important and compelling that you wish Jewison had treated it more as an urgent wake-up call than a by-the-numbers morality play.
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(Washington's) performance is halfhearted, soft.
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83Washington immerses himself, even more than he did in "Malcolm X," in a stare of unforgiving outrage.
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70An often affecting, if standard-issue, Hollywood biopic.
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90This is the deepest of Jewison's three racially themed films, the other two being "In the Heat of the Night" and "A Soldier's Story."
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70With power, intensity, remarkable range and an ability to disturb that is both unnerving and electric, it is more than Washington's most impressive part.
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75Milks Carter's story for maximum "inspirational" value, and at times the movie skirts dangerously close to afterschool-special territory.
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100Washington can bank on an Oscar nomination for the most forceful work of his career.
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88An expertly crafted, deeply moving film.
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70The dedication of the Canadian team strains belief at times, and for good reason.
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100Washington blows you away. To say he gives the performance of his career is an understatement.
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91This is some of the finest acting you will see on-screen, maybe ever. Single-handedly, Washington turns The Hurricane from so-so to must-see.
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75(Washington) raises it to the level of importance with an acting job that's one unbroken chain of intense emotion.
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50What remains is Washington's volcanic and contemplative work at the core of a film packed to the rafters with raging bull.
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83Jewison handles this rich tapestry of non-linear scenes with the skill of the old pro he is, and carefully modulates the drama to create the maximum emotional impact.
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70Washington leans into an otherwise schlocky movie and slams it out of the ballpark.
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80In Washington's finely shaded performance he's a low-pressure system, illuminated by distant flashes of lightning.
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90One of year's most thought-provoking and soul-stirring films.
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60The material is inherently compelling and anchored by Washington's performance.
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88Epic in nearly every way, The Hurricane has the power to blow you away.
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80In what's easily his most zealous and fully realized performance since "Malcolm X," Washington elevates the earnest, occasionally simplistic narrative to the level of a genuinely touching moral expose.
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60Far too tepid.
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90Brilliantly played by Denzel Washington
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