The Pledge Reviews
Suite101.com
Sean Penn's agonizing, angst-ridden "The Pledge" feels like a mystery less about murder and more about the inexplicable dangers of impulse and guilt. It's also a waning opportunity to see Jack Nicholson as anything besides a silver-haired hornball.
Full Review
| Original Score: 4/4
eFilmCritic.com
Nicholson rules over The Pledge with a shaky hand, and that's the source of his power here.
Full Review
| Original Score: 5/5
EmanuelLevy.Com
After two honorable failures, Sean Penn makes quantum leap forward with an intriguing murder mystery that's also effective as a psychological character study. Nicholosn's riveting turn compensates for deliberate pacing and downbeat tone.
Full Review
| Original Score: B
Looking Closer
Penn shows restraint and patience, letting the actors discover moments, rhythms, and quirks that make their characters believable.
Full Review
| Original Score: A-
Cinema em Cena
É uma pena que nem todos tenham paciência para tentar compreender melhor Jerry Black. Tenho certeza de que, no futuro, este será lembrado como um dos personagens mais marcantes da bela carreira de Jack Nicholson.
| Original Score: 5/5
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
Penn has moulded a patient but deeply unsettling character study, leaving the viewer with more questions than answers.
Full Review
| Original Score: 4/5
Film Threat
Emotionally powerful film of rare and grave subtlety.
Full Review
| Original Score: 4/5
Top CriticMystery-thriller buffs, promise yourselves that you'll see The Pledge. And while you're at it, be sure to invite along Jack Nicholson fans and anyone who saw the first two movies that Sean Penn directed.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3.5/4
Penn can't be faulted for his work with the actors. Most of the featured players have only a scene or two, but they're indelible.
Cinenganos
Carnadas humanas, una historia obsesiva, y un tono lírico tremendo... grata combinación que transforma una historia policíaca en algo humano, vivo y enteramente emocional.
Boxoffice Magazine
Penn's task is well-served not only by a superb cast but the efforts of first-rate collaborators.
Full Review
| Original Score: 4/5
Philadelphia Weekly
Steeped in an almost unbearable sadness, dense with moral ambiguity it stubbornly withholds comfort at every startling turn.
