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Violence is in the spirit of the hardest-hitting film noir offerings from the '50s, but far more explicit. It's also in the spirit of the Western.
Read the full reviewDavid Cronenberg's brilliant movie -- without a doubt one of the very best of the year.
Read the full reviewA masterpiece of indirection and pure visceral thrills, David Cronenberg's latest mindblower, A History of Violence, is the feel-good, feel-bad movie of the year.
Read the full reviewOther films this year will have to sweat bullets to match the explosive power and subversive wit of David Cronenberg's A History of Violence. It slams you like a body punch and then starts messing with your head.
Read the full reviewA ticking time bomb of a movie, a gripping, incendiary, casually subversive piece of work that marries pulp watchability with larger concerns without skipping a beat.
Read the full reviewSeems deceptively straightforward, coming from a director with Cronenberg's quirky complexity. But think again. This is not a movie about plot, but about character.
Read the full reviewThe film has the perverse intelligence of Cronenberg's other movies. It's not his best, but it is certainly his most accessible, least stagy work, obeying the laws of chronology and serving up characters whom we recognize as people.
Read the full reviewEd Harris and William Hurt deliver inspired turns as the villains.
Read the full reviewA sobering reflection on our culture's attitude toward violence.
Read the full reviewAlthough there's little wrong with the first two-thirds, A History of Violence slides onto a tangential path during its final act, and this misstep reduces the production's overall effectiveness.
Read the full reviewBut for director David Cronenberg and the commitment of his actors, A History of Violence might have been a cartoony action film. Its origins are in a cartoon, of sorts -- specifically, in a graphic novel, by John Wagner and Vince Locke.
Read the full reviewLack of depth, complexity or strangeness make this a relatively routine entry for the director.
Read the full reviewOver-the-top and shockingly vicious. But what strikes some critics as complexity feels to me like shame--the shame of Cronenberg, an uncompromising director whose bloodshed has always been genuinely horrifying.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 81
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violent
"wow this was one of the most violent movies ive ever sea'n im talking about rip nose out of face with hands violent also it was an awsome movie"
excellent movie
"excellent movie. Who says it's boring? What an amazing criticism. That's one thing it is not. The acting is excellent. The end is subtle yet human. It holds your attention throughout"
could have been better
"good story but the end left you like where disc 2 or part 2"
What?
"I'll never go by reviews... This movie was a bore and the acting literally *SUCKED*"
A History Of Greatness
"What can I say, Great, Great, Great! Don't miss this movie, It has a great storyline and the acting was superb. Defintely worth owning."
Pulp Fiction without
"Pulp Fiction without the fun. Fagiddaboutit."
great
"Everything about this movie was great, acting, story line and direction. One of the year's best."
who cares? Viggo is in it...
"I think the movie was alrite...if you thought it was too violent then why did you go to see it? it's called a History of VIOLENCE...and don't say viggo acted bad...hes the best actor out there...obviously you don't know what's good when you see it..."
totally terrible
"So bad it was funny. At one point the wife in the movie says "Hasn't this family suffered enough" and my sister shouted out "hasn't this audience???" Got a big laugh! Truly errible acting, script, story, kid actors EVERYTHING!"
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