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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
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Modamag.com
Brian Orndorf
1.5/4
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MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
2.5/4
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Big Picture Big Sound
Joe Lozito
5/10
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www.susangranger.com
Susan Granger
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Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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