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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 17 Jan 2014

The movie finds its feet, and unrolls as a pretty suspenseful, largely engaging, and hardly ever too-over-the-top spy thriller…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 17 Jan 2014

A lean, old-school espionage thriller that never tries to be more than it is, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a very pleasant surprise…

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By Anders Wright (338) for San Diego Union-Tribune (1,408) on 17 Jan 2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, despite some solid character work from its supporting players, is little more than a generic thriller…

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By Tom Shone (158) for Guardian (4,584) on 17 Jan 2014

The filmmakers need to think a little more clearly about the essence of the Jack Ryan character - the brilliant analyst, a little dusty, whose…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 17 Jan 2014

Branagh runs through all of this efficiently enough, but it feels awfully familiar…

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By Adam Nayman (350) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 17 Jan 2014

The appeal of the Jack Ryan character, at least on the page, was that he was always the smartest guy in the room…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 17 Jan 2014

Too much of the action in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit takes place on laptops, thumb drives, and video monitors…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 17 Jan 2014

Ryan can survive a world where any information one might need is a smartphone away but is doomed to be stuck in a Cold War mentality…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 17 Jan 2014

There is probably no denying that it's the worst Jack Ryan movie yet, excuses be damned…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for The Robot's Voice (149) on 17 Jan 2014

While all involved talk a good game, this movie really is a bit of a toss-off, a disposable date movie to enjoy momentarily and then completely…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 17 Jan 2014

Pine brings Ryan to life as a real person -- one who gets in over his head and is actually nervous about it, instead of acting like a puffed-up…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 16 Jan 2014

Even if it does feel anonymous, it looks sleek and elegant, with glittering shots of New York and Moscow and a pace that never flags…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 16 Jan 2014

Does what it does reasonably well (but) it feels like dozens of other spy films and as a result is unlikely to linger long in the memory…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 16 Jan 2014

An example of exceedingly efficient filmmaking and storytelling, getting the job done in a brisk 106 minutes even as the picture isn't really…

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By David Medsker (361) for Bullz-Eye.com (1,091) on 16 Jan 2014

My wife's take: This is the first Jack Ryan movie that didn't put me to sleep. She's hoping the studio will use that for the Blu-ray cover…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 16 Jan 2014

There is no shaking the feeling that Branagh and his cast are a kind of an espionage film B team, capable of mild diversion but nothing more…

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By Nell Minow (2,357) for Beliefnet (937) on 16 Jan 2014

Director Kenneth Branagh's biggest mistake was in the casting of the villain: Kenneth Branagh…

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By Jay Stone (286) for Canada.com (402) on 16 Jan 2014

The result is a wayward tone, fitting perhaps, for such an unformed hero. He'll probably be back, but there's no telling who might be playing him…

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By Jordan Adler (82) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 16 Jan 2014

Exciting and elementary, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a perfunctory franchise starter that has the spirit, if not the substance, of early Clancy…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 16 Jan 2014

The dialogue is quick and sharp and there are flourishes to make a spy movie lover smile: sleight-of-hand work and the exchange of a brown…

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