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Full of special effects, Brian DePalma's update of Mission: Impossible has a lot of sweeping spectacle, but the plot is sometimes convoluted.
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The "set" pieces of this film come off like clockwork, but there's no connective tissue -- no story line, no solid characterization, etc. In the end, De Palma's work seems full of sound and visual fury without signifying much of anything. Jan 5, 2018 | Full Review…
The "set" pieces of this film come off like clockwork, but there's no connective tissue -- no story line, no solid characterization, etc. In the end, De Palma's work seems full of sound and visual fury without signifying much of anything.
Carol Buckland
The most dour, sexless piece of escapism in memory. May 20, 2008 | Full Review…
The most dour, sexless piece of escapism in memory.
Variety Staff
Despite the snags, De Palma remains a virtuoso puppet-master, pulling the strings taut in a nail-biting robbery sequence, switching from micro to macro with Hitchcockian panache, and finally letting rip with a hell-for-leather climax. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Despite the snags, De Palma remains a virtuoso puppet-master, pulling the strings taut in a nail-biting robbery sequence, switching from micro to macro with Hitchcockian panache, and finally letting rip with a hell-for-leather climax.
Humorless, charmless and flat. Jan 18, 2002 | Full Review…
Humorless, charmless and flat.
Hal Hinson
There are just a few groovy special effects and a practically incomprehensible story which we finally can't work up enough energy to care about. Jan 1, 2000
There are just a few groovy special effects and a practically incomprehensible story which we finally can't work up enough energy to care about.
Wm. Steven Humphrey
It's the worst kind of convoluted thriller -- it can never unravel satisfactorily because there's nothing simple at its center, just more confusion. Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
It's the worst kind of convoluted thriller -- it can never unravel satisfactorily because there's nothing simple at its center, just more confusion.
Mick LaSalle
There are some standout action sequences, and that's what really makes it worth a look back. Dec 6, 2018 | Rating: 6.25/10 | Full Review…
There are some standout action sequences, and that's what really makes it worth a look back.
Colby Bryant
If we're going by a comparison to James Bond, while I love me a good Bond film, Mission: Impossible is miles ahead of that entire franchise in its treatment of female characters. Aug 20, 2018 | Full Review…
If we're going by a comparison to James Bond, while I love me a good Bond film, Mission: Impossible is miles ahead of that entire franchise in its treatment of female characters.
Stephanie Cooke
It's all very ambitious and very creative and very wonderful to watch...the first Mission: Impossible remains the closest to perfect that any Mission: Impossible movie has ever been. Jul 25, 2018 | Full Review…
It's all very ambitious and very creative and very wonderful to watch...the first Mission: Impossible remains the closest to perfect that any Mission: Impossible movie has ever been.
Shea Serrano
De Palma's film has some stunning sequences... But the movie so betrayed the spirit of the original TV series, by betraying the spirit and integrity of a formerly unimpeachable character, that the entire project smelled of cynicism. Jun 1, 2018 | Full Review…
De Palma's film has some stunning sequences... But the movie so betrayed the spirit of the original TV series, by betraying the spirit and integrity of a formerly unimpeachable character, that the entire project smelled of cynicism.
David Bianculli
The film tries to push against its genre, and the auteurist flourishes are unmistakable. Jan 2, 2016 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
The film tries to push against its genre, and the auteurist flourishes are unmistakable.
Tim Brayton
Still holds up as a fun, unique entry in the action spy genre and launched Tom Cruise's second career arc as an action megastar. Jul 27, 2015 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
Still holds up as a fun, unique entry in the action spy genre and launched Tom Cruise's second career arc as an action megastar.
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