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By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 24 Jan 2019

The filmmakers seem to have been going for both, but despite their great cast, the characters aren't allowed sufficient breathing room for…

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By Debbie Baldwin (220) for Ladue News (220) on 02 Nov 2018

In any event, for a movie with Oscar potential, I can only describe it as disappointing…

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By Jennifer Heaton (346) for Alternative Lens (346) on 01 Nov 2018

I get the feeling that everyone involved was too revering of [Cormac] McCarthy's work to change it…

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By Aaron Peterson (245) for The Hollywood Outsider (262) on 11 Oct 2018

So, Ridley Scott, when your film asked me, in its deepest sincerity: 'Have you been bad?' The answer is yes, Counselor, you sure have…

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By Pat Padua (495) for DCist (403) on 29 Aug 2018

Time and again, I groaned inside at the awkward, writerly dialogue unconvincingly uttered by a talented cast, most of them at a loss to make…

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By Sarah Marrs (566) for Cinesnark (167) on 19 Oct 2017

overall, Ridley Scott's The Counselor is a mess, and falls somewhere on the spectrum between not good and ambitious debacle…

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By Nick Newman (61) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 21 Jun 2016

For all its perceptible pleasures, one's left to ask how well-served any of its talents were in the first place…

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By Mark Jackson (231) for Epoch Times (337) on 17 Jun 2016

With the exception of Bardem's hilarity, Fassbender's plumbing the depths of great grief, and Pitt and Rubén Blade's gangster poetics, the…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 12 Apr 2016

[McCarthy] reminds us (with a particularly American sensibility) that this world is broken and tragic and not fair, and that pushing past that…

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By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

At least Bardem continues to make the case that he doesn't have a bad performance in him, even in a film as lackluster as this…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 13 Jul 2015

The movie is full of odd one-on-one conversations that may exasperate those who want the film to get to the point, but the dialogue is the point…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Mail (391) on 09 Oct 2014

Despite some lovely exchanges and cracking lines, The Counsellor is too complex and wordy for its own good, so it's Cormac 1, Scott 0…

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By Clayton Davis (240) for AwardsCircuit.com (450) on 13 Sep 2014

McCarthy's script is a huge misfire…

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By Austin Trunick (219) for Under the Radar (636) on 17 Aug 2014

The Counselor is an ugly, ugly picture, even despite its absurdly attractive leads…

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By Mark Hughes (145) for Forbes (586) on 31 Jul 2014

With moments of true greatness and strong performances, the film still ultimately fails to live up to its potential for surprising reasons,…

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By Dan Schindel (235) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 07 Apr 2014

Half navel-gazing and half despair, and both feel like McCarthy's writing hallmarks wrenched tight to the point of self-parody…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 03 Apr 2014

McCarthy and Scott capitalize their themes: this is The End. This is The End of the Road, the End of Civilization, the End of Capitalism…

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By Sam Bathe (186) for Fan The Fire (489) on 02 Jan 2014

You get the feeling that there's an extremely interesting story unfolding, but we're constantly on the periphery and there's not nearly enough…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 26 Dec 2013

The plot is boring, who-cares nonsense. I think it's just unbelievably weird, and not only because Cameron Diaz screws a car…

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By John Hanlon (483) for Big Hollywood (212) on 24 Dec 2013

The script, packed with pretentious lines and silly dialogue, manages to dull even the most exciting and provocative parts of this story…

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