The Pledge
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: January 19, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
28
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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60
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
Cares not a whit for such arbitrary concepts as justice, crime or punishment. It understands the relativism of right and wrong and takes a kind of perverse pleasure in reminding us that there are some things we'll never know. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A forced march toward certain disaster, a scenario only passionate believers in predestination are likely to savor. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The problem isn't a lack of substance, and certainly not a dearth of talent, but a shortage of fun. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
A surprisingly uneven and perhaps even mediocre character drama. Read full review
40
SalonCharles Taylor
Just a bad movie, with more bits of good acting and flashes of director's invention than you get in most bad movies. Read full review
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