The Saint

Name: The Saint
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Romance
Released: April 4, 1997
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Val Kilmer

1997

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: April 4, 1997 | PG-13

Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Val Kilmer

Summary: Val Kilmer plays suave espionage hero Simon Templer - aka The Saint - and Elisabeth Shue costars in this atmospheric mix of bold adventure and grand romance. An array of sophisticated gadgetry is at Templer's command as he plunges into a cloak-and-dagger netherworld of move and countermove. (Paramount)

Director: Phillip Noyce

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 116 min

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Manohla Dargis

The Saint works. The reason why it occasionally soars is Kilmer, an actor who’s happiest when burying himself in eccentric characterizations, a trick he performs repeatedly here even as he fills the screen with pure movie-star dazzle. Read full review

Edward Guthmann

Kilmer dons 12 disguises in all, polishes them with impeccable accents and pliable postures and gives a performance that's far and away the best aspect of the diverting The Saint. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Director Phillip Noyce, who made "Dead Calm," "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger," keeps things moving at a kinetic, involving pace. And writers Jonathan Hensleigh (who wrote "Die Hard With a Vengeance") and Wesley Strick create a diverting human steeplechase. Read full review

Rita Kempley

Though he is a master thief with a heart of gold, the new Templar has all the charm of one of those ladies behind the counter at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Read full review

David Sterritt

Val Kilmer is fun as the mercurial hero, and Elisabeth Shue would be great as the physicist if she didn't waste so much time making googoo-eyes at her handsome new boyfriend. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Director Noyce has a sure hand with the action sequences and keeps The Saint from bogging down too often in the mires of action film exposition (once again, think Mission: Impossible). Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Top-heavy with whimsy, so muddled it makes Mission: Impossible look like a model of narrative cohesion, The Saint is the apo-theosis of the new incoherence, with the cliches of espionage and action thrillers jammed together like bumper cars. Read full review

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Jack

Oct 31, 2006

This is one of my all time favorite movies. It's predictable, it's completely off basis with the real science of cold fusion, Elizabeth Shue is horrible, but it works for me.

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smurose

Aug 1, 2020

I thought this movie was pretty funny and had a good plot. It was suspenseful and had some good acting by Kilmer and Shue.

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SimonT.

Apr 1, 2006

it was a fun movie,i like it much better then james bond or else it was funny, exciting and it worked on me :)

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UncleWillard

Sep 6, 2019

Not sure why this gets hate, but I enjoyed it. I liked Val Kilmer in this, and I don't often like him. Elizabeth Shue was a delight (still gorgeous; check her out in The Boys), and it was generally a light, action thriller with a romance. It's totally dated, but there's something charmingNot sure why this gets hate, but I enjoyed it. I liked Val Kilmer in this, and I don't often like him. Elizabeth Shue was a delight (still gorgeous; check her out in The Boys), and it was generally a light, action thriller with a romance. It's totally dated, but there's something charming about that. No it's not like current techno-thriller fare, but you don't need to blow every damn building up and kill 5,000 henchmen to make a good action movie.… Expand

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RobertHoward

Mar 6, 2022

The Saint had the potential for more, but mostly thanks due to a subpar script it remains an average spy/thief movie.

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