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Movie Overview
Cast
• Robert Redford
• Brad Pitt
• Catherine McCormack
Director
• Tony Scott
MPAA Rating
R - language, some violence, and brief sexuality
Spy Game (2001)

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OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten
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9/10
"El espionaje no significa ser James Bond o Ethan Hunt el 100% de las veces, y aquí el duelo real es con el arma más útil y compleja: la inteligencia."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

"Pretentious camera tricks and confusing flashbacks overshadow fine performances."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

3/5
"Barely recommended."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"Even within the limits of its fictional spy 'game' sensibility, it is depressingly unthoughtful."  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

2/4
""Spy Game" might have worked better if it didn't try to straddle the line between war and peace like an inept double agent."  Lawrence Journal-World  Dan Lybarger

2/4
"...takes the spy formula and dilutes it with wholly unnecessary plot twists and a flashback structure that's more confusing than anything else."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C+
"A formula action espionage film."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

1/4
"A surprising waste of time that leaves you feeling cheated, unsatisfied, and mindboggled to what the point of it all was."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

2.5/4
"Tony Scott always knows how to put on a good show."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

B
"A satisfying and entertaining spy movie."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

C+
"To insert dynamic cinematography, you usually need something remotely dynamic to be happening on screen... Oliver Stone has made a career out of [not doing] this."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

B
"A good, solid, middle-of-the-road secret agent yarn, almost gleefully old-fashioned in narrative and tone."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3/4
"An engrossing, if flawed, endeavor -- the kind of movie that represents an evening's solid diversion."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

2.5/4
"Tony Scott ... has done enough movies of this sort that at times it feels like he's sleepwalking through the hyperkinetic camera movements and rapid-fire editing"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

"A fairly decent effort with enough engaging spy-related developments and occasionally crackling dialogue to make it a fairly enjoyable entry in the genre."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

7/10
"If you dig on spy films, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't thoroughly enjoy this movie."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

B+
"Redford is cool in this movie. He's as cool as a Baskin Robbins delivery truck caught in New England's Blizzard of '78."  Countingdown.com  Larry Carroll

B
"The delight of Tony Scott's proficient thriller...is the relaxed, on the nose performance by old pro Redford."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/4
"Briskly paced and has enough style to keep the formula and implausibilities, for the most part, out of mind."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

3/4
"It has very good tension and drama, and more brains than your average Hollywood spy thriller."  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

"This is dazzling, first-rate Hollywood popcorn fluff. It thinks it's got more substance than it actually does, but Redford’s performance is like one big wink: he's in on the joke, too."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

2/4
"Less Bond than simply boring."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

4/5
"It is a smart thriller for grown-ups about spies who use their brains."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

4/5
"É sempre interessante conhecer personagens inteligentes."  Cinema em Cena  Pablo Villaca

3/4
"Spy Game emphasizes brains over bullets and fists. It is a slickly-made film about a more cerebral conflict."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B+
""Spy Game" is a solid adult alternative to the Potter puff currently storming the theaters."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

"Has the makings of a good movie ... but right now its only 65 minutes long and encased in another 60 minutes of beurocratic debris."  Eclipse Magazine  Sean O'Connell

B-
"The kind of movie that represents an engaging evening’s diversion, but makes no impact and leaves no lasting impression."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

2/4
"Spy Game is a pretty neat trailer that somehow manages not to give away its major plot points over the course of 130 feverish minutes."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

6/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

1.5/4
Read review  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

2.5/4
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5/10
Read review  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

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Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten
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