With a little more work this could have been a first-rate thriller along the lines of the Bourne films, because the concept is intriguing and our interest is held for a significant part of the film.
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03/19/08
Vantage Point (2008)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:53
Rotten:98
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: Vantage Point has an interesting premise that is completely undermined by fractured storytelling and wooden performances.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Mar 13, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $72,266,306
Synopsis: A presidential assassination attempt is told from multiple points of view in Pete Travis's directorial debut, VANTAGE POINT. U.S. president Ashton (William Hurt) is in Salamanca, Spain (though much... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Pete Travis
Reviews for Vantage Point
1 - 20 (sorted by fresh rating; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticVantage Point is a tense and imaginative thriller that reels you in the longer it goes along, only to lose focus in the last 15 minutes. This final reel misstep is a shame, but it’s not enough to ruin all the good work that’s come before it.
03/20/08
Top CriticThis pseudo-political action thriller is rather half baked editorially but otherwise overcooked.
03/06/08
Top CriticHey, it’s February, a month when moviegoers have to be thankful for anything diverting.
02/22/08
A nice, straightforward, good old-fashioned geopolitical conspiracy thriller with no pretentions.
02/22/08
Barry Levy's script slavers for comparisons to Rashomon but misses the point. Akira Kurosawa argued that truth was slippery; Levy believes there's one answer, he just likes withholding it.
02/21/08
The fact that the screenplay refrains from smug political commentary and instead focuses on action and mystery enhances the experience.
02/21/08
One of those flicks that relies purely on momentum to keep your disbelief suspended, and director Pete Travis rarely allows the pace to slow enough for the plot holes to shine through.
02/22/08
The filmmakers hook us and reel us in during 90 breathless minutes.
02/22/08
Keep your expectations reasonable.
02/22/08
This is satisfying Friday night popcorn fare - slick and noisy and utterly disposable.
05/13/08
What Travis has done is nothing short of create a new kind of American action film that feels European in the same way that William Friedkin's "French Connection" did.
02/21/08
While it's no classic, Vantage Point is well worth a look.
02/22/08
Not much about the plot can be revealed without giving away the various surprises and twists [which]are the only reason to sit through the film.
02/22/08
Is it art? Not remotely. But, up to the final scenes, it’s a tremendous piece of engineering. And the hurtling force of Vantage Point is fun to watch.
02/25/08
Top CriticThe exhilarating car chase that closes the movie is alone worth the price of admission...
02/22/08
Though gimmicky, implausible and repetitious with too many angles, this thriller is still worth seeing as exercise in audience participation in narrative creation and as commentary on the manipulative processes of filmmaking and engagement of spectators
02/20/08
Vantage Point is a smart film with a complex plot and lots of action. That's not a typical combination
03/01/08
A lot of vigorous actors doing vigorous work in the service of a crafty, fast-moving, well-told story.
02/21/08
It's easy to pick apart an action movie. It's much harder to produce one this clever, fast-paced and involving.
02/21/08
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