Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight Nov 26, 2022 4/4

Jordan’s attention to detail and his ability to paint enemies and friends in differing, complex shades, exemplifies why his work as a director was frequently and criminally underrated.

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Tom Cassidy Common Sense Media Dec 8, 2021 3/5

Leaders who help bring about huge change are often gifted with a charisma that will spur a nation into action. Liam Neeson, as Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, has just that.

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Robin Holabird Robin Holabird Aug 11, 2021

The script and Neeson's passionate performance demonstrate a case where the good intention of heroes seeking freedom gets thwarted by political maneuverings.

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PJ Nabarro Patrick Nabarro Feb 1, 2019 3/5

Michael Collins really is Irish history told on a bold, sweeping, comprehensible scale; in a sense, it's almost Irish history Hollywoodised.

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David Ansen Newsweek Feb 26, 2018

Clearly, this is a subject Jordan cares about passionately, but he hasn't found a form to make us share his passion. Unless you come to Michael Collins with strong feelings about its hero, it's unlikely you will be deeply engaged.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Mar 3, 2016 4/5

[Neeson] is superb as the principled, steely yet romantic action hero of Neil Jordan's film, which has been re-released for the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916.

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Richard Schickel TIME Magazine Mar 28, 2010

There are pain and honor in [Neeson's] performance, and they constantly rise up to redeem a film that is less probing, less thoughtful than its director's claims and aspirations for it.

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Todd McCarthy Variety Jan 23, 2009

Intelligent, enormously accomplished and seriously problematic, Neil Jordan's ambitious account of the activities of arguably the central figure in Ireland's painful, bloody fight for independence from the British Empire has a great deal to offer...

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Jul 18, 2008 B+

Neil Jordan uses very broad and movie-ish strokes to paint his portrait of the busy, eponymous hero.

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Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Jun 1, 2007 4/5

Be sure to watch "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" if you watch "Michael Collins"

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Geoff Andrew Time Out Jun 24, 2006

This is Jordan's most ambitious and satisfying movie -- a thriller with a real sense of scale, pace, menace and moral import.

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Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Jan 23, 2006 8/10

A bold and rousing historical epic.

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Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Oct 21, 2005 2/5

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 29, 2005 2/5

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette May 16, 2005 3/5

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Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Apr 9, 2005 B

An intellectually well thought out work that presents the events of those turbulent days in Irish history with clear, vivid reality, from costumes to sets to location.

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Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Apr 3, 2005 4/5

Neeson's a force of nature in Neil Jordan's near-excellent historical epic.

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Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Dec 28, 2004 3.5/4

Instead of being a slow, dull historical drama, it is actually an exciting action drama.

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