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By Adrián Ruiz (125) for Excelsior (313) on 03 May 2017

A film that honors the citizens of Boston, its spirit and the authorities who gave their best for this tragedy to unite the human race…

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By Ernesto Diezmartinez (236) for Cine Vértigo (222) on 24 Apr 2017

It may have been a real masterpiece, but unfortunately it ends up as a sentimentaloid monologue. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Diane Pershing (77) for Malibu Times (77) on 09 Mar 2017

What Patriot's Day manages to do, and do well, is take a story whose ending we are all familiar with and make it not just suspenseful, but…

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By Rashid Irani (192) for Hindustan Times (753) on 03 Mar 2017

Simplistic to an extent, the good guys-versus-villainous 'others' narrative is further undermined by the occasional undercurrent of jingoism…

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By Rohan Naahar (197) for Hindustan Times (753) on 02 Mar 2017

It's the anti-Trump movie America needs right now…

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By Rich Heldenfels (76) for Akron Beacon Journal (177) on 02 Mar 2017

It is the most effective at the end when Berg shows off some of the real people from the film…

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By Roe Mcdermott (197) for Hot Press (197) on 01 Mar 2017

[Patriots Day] emphasises the heroism of a city full of individuals, united by tragedy and resilience…

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By Hilary A White (243) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 27 Feb 2017

This human cross-section, spliced archive clips and visceral location shooting, create a throbbing sense of the city's pulse that becomes the…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 27 Feb 2017

This film manages to get the balance right between gritty action and inspiring heroics…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 27 Feb 2017

Unfocused like a 1970s cast-of-thousands disaster flick, and with little point beyond engaging in bland and easy propagandistic cheering…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 26 Feb 2017

In this case, however, the honest, straight-up public servant [Wahlberg] plays is kind of a fake…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 26 Feb 2017

Ultimately, there is a vacuum where the real investigation should be - into the characters and the human heart…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 26 Feb 2017

A taut, multi-stranded account of the Boston marathon bombing…

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By Matthew Anderson (173) for CineVue (2,163) on 26 Feb 2017

A vivid, evocative and unflinching retelling of the April 2013 Boston marathon bombings and their immediate aftermath…

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By Amy West (93) for International Business Times (181) on 24 Feb 2017

Throughout, Patriots Day does walk the line between moving historical account of a real-life tragedy and hokey soap opera…

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By Jasper Rees (81) for The Arts Desk (640) on 24 Feb 2017

Berg licks the story along at an efficient pace, imparts a powerful sense of a city under siege in the overhead camerawork, and wrings tears…

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By Laura Delaney (42) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 24 Feb 2017

The subject matter could have easily been mishandled but it is un-waveringly respectful to the victims and the heroes of that fateful day…

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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 24 Feb 2017

It's not suspenseful so much as commemorative and even, in paying tribute to the resilient spirit of Boston and all of those caught up in this…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Time Out London (344) on 23 Feb 2017

Still, it’s one of the terrorist's wives (Melissa Benoist) who carries the film’s most riveting and provocative scene…

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By Sarah Ward (538) for Concrete Playground (635) on 23 Feb 2017

There's a lingering sense of awkwardness that springs from the way the film leans on easy cliches, stereotypes and emotions for entertainment…

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