A Vigilante
Saban Films | Release Date: March 29, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1
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RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMar 29, 2019
The evident smallness of the production belies its power to disturb. It's like one of those knives that are small enough to be hidden in a coat sleeve or the lip of a boot but that can still cut a man's throat. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 25, 2019
As an actress, Olivia Wilde has been something of a shape-shifter, but in this movie she seems to be burning through all her previous roles to find something essential. She grabs hold of the spectacle of agonized female anger, and does it with a grace and power that easily matches that of Frances McDormand in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoMar 25, 2019
A Vigilante succeeds not by exploiting torture, but instead shifting focus to Olivia Wilde's painful, so very real performance. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartMar 29, 2019
The film manages to be both hopeful and devastating — and recommended viewing for anyone who subscribes to the facile notion that abused women should “just leave.” Read full review
75
ObserverRex ReedMar 29, 2019
After "Enough" and five "Death Wish" movies, the revenge genre is not without its recurring clichés, many of which get defrosted and microwaved again in A Vigilante. The point, if there is one, is that “heinous criminal felonies are acceptable if they are justified by a woman driven beyond the limits of reason.” As one battered wife says, “Every graveyard is full of people who didn’t make it.” The same is true of old movies gathering dust in Hollywood film vaults. Read full review
75
The PlaylistJordan RuimyMar 25, 2019
Sober, unflinching and fits perfectly with the current political movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisMar 28, 2019
Daggar-Nickson gestures in certain directions, but for the most part she avoids deeper, troubling questions about retribution and violence. Instead, she concentrates on the genre basics, as in the movie’s admirably hard-core final face-off. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayMar 28, 2019
The two sides of A Vigilante are ultimately held together by Wilde’s ferocious performance — which swings between steely control and eruptive emotion — and by the way Dagger-Nickson frames nearly every moment from Sadie’s perspective. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMar 25, 2019
A Vigilante offers some grim, imaginary satisfactions in support of real survivors who need whatever help we can give. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 25, 2019
But Wilde gives this woman her all. We see her with every freckles and imperfection showing on her cover girl face. And in the couple of scenes that require fight choreography, she handles herself well enough to be convincing. Read full review
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