Yasser Medina Cinefilia Jun 25, 2023 6/10

It has a few moments of intrigue with the presence of Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, but many times I am assailed by the feeling that their espionage game never escapes the designated routines and predictable acts of action. [Full review in Spanish]

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Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 17, 2022 D

The movie is essentially a long meeting, allowing Redford to hold forth, grin cynically at what’s become of his agency, and coast on his matinee-idol charisma.

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Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Dec 8, 2021 2/5

Generally running on classic rock and smoke, it's all craft and no conviction, all costume and no design. Its anonymized approach has left it appropriately unremembered - a vague whisper on the lips of someone digging through a DVD clearance bin.

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David Ansen Newsweek Mar 7, 2018

Enjoy it for what it is, a fleet, handsome fantasy of globe-hopping blond demigods.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Aug 9, 2013 7/10

Capably anchored by [Robert] Redford giving the spunkiest, most alive performance he gave in a decade in either direction.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jan 18, 2013 B-

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Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 28, 2010 4/5

A smart thriller for grown-ups.

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Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews Jun 15, 2009 2.5/4

Two generations of Hollywood 'golden boys' team up in Tony Scott's Spy Game, a neatly plotted espionage thriller. [Blu-ray]

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Joe Lozito Big Picture Big Sound Dec 27, 2007 2.5/4

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Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs Sep 30, 2005 3/4

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Jeffrey Overstreet JeffreyOverstreet.com (Ghost.io) Dec 6, 2004 C+

... afterwards I realized that I had been maneuvered into rooting for a dangerously reckless and presumptuous man.

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David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Aug 1, 2003 2/4

...the movie has been suffused with an often egregiously complicated narrative that perpetuates the arms-length atmosphere...

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Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Jun 2, 2003 2.5/4

This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly Hills bureau?

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Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly May 20, 2003 3/4

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Harry Guerin RTÉ (Ireland) Apr 16, 2003 2/5

Redford is great - treat the rest on a don't-need-to-know basis.

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John R. McEwen Film Quips Online Feb 8, 2003 4/5

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Christopher Tookey Daily Mail (UK) Nov 10, 2002

It just isn't thrilling enough -- an impression compounded by Scott's tiresomely overenthusiastic and gimmicky camerawork.

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