The Pledge
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71 out of 100

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  • Starring: Benicio Del Toro
  • Summary: Academy Award-winner Jack Nicholson stars as Jerry Black, a Nevada homicide detective who volunteers for one final investigation on the eve of his retirement. He offers his expertise at a compromised crime scene and ends up making a promise to the young victim's mother that will change his life forever. (Warner Brothers)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    91
    One of the most aggressively ambiguous pictures of the year. There is a certain power to that.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    80
    Penn's own gifts as an actor seem, in turn, to bring out the best in Nicholson, as well as the rest of the cast.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    80
    If Penn really lets these actors sing, his watchful camera also knows how to respect their silences.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    60
    A forced march toward certain disaster, a scenario only passionate believers in predestination are likely to savor.

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  3. Negative: 2 out of 12

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