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Its plot is sometimes hard to swallow, but some fine acting and director Ridley Scott's stylish visual flair make Someone to Watch Over Me an engaging police thriller.
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (8)
Even though the movie doesn't leave much of a residue, it looks terrific while you're watching it: Manhattan has seldom appeared as glitzy or as glamorous. Jun 3, 2012 | Full Review…
Even though the movie doesn't leave much of a residue, it looks terrific while you're watching it: Manhattan has seldom appeared as glitzy or as glamorous.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Illogical, flawed or forced thrillers are all too common. Ones that knock your eyes out are rare. Jun 3, 2012 | Full Review…
Illogical, flawed or forced thrillers are all too common. Ones that knock your eyes out are rare.
Michael Wilmington
A stylish and romantic police thriller which manages, through the sleek direction of Ridley Scott and persuasive ensemble performances, to triumph over several hard-to-swallow plot developments. Mar 26, 2009 | Full Review…
A stylish and romantic police thriller which manages, through the sleek direction of Ridley Scott and persuasive ensemble performances, to triumph over several hard-to-swallow plot developments.
Variety Staff
Most of New York, indoors and out, looks about as good as the Chrysler Building in Scott's gleaming fusion of eternal triangle and killer-on-the-loose. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Most of New York, indoors and out, looks about as good as the Chrysler Building in Scott's gleaming fusion of eternal triangle and killer-on-the-loose.
Derek Adams
Howard Franklin's screenplay plays less like a feature film than like the pilot for a failed television series about New York policemen. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2/5
Howard Franklin's screenplay plays less like a feature film than like the pilot for a failed television series about New York policemen.
Vincent Canby
Scott, who directed "Alien" and "Blade Runner," looks at the world through veils of smog. What with these pictorial pollutants, he loses sight of plot. Jan 1, 2000 | Full Review…
Scott, who directed "Alien" and "Blade Runner," looks at the world through veils of smog. What with these pictorial pollutants, he loses sight of plot.
Rita Kempley
The movie can only fully work if all sides of the love triangle are equally strong. Mar 20, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The movie can only fully work if all sides of the love triangle are equally strong.
Matt Brunson
Where Someone to Watch Over Me falters is, oddly enough, in the central relationship. Mar 11, 2019 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Where Someone to Watch Over Me falters is, oddly enough, in the central relationship.
Mike McGranaghan
...an aggressively pointless and utterly forgettable misfire from filmmaker Scott. Jun 11, 2012 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
...an aggressively pointless and utterly forgettable misfire from filmmaker Scott.
David Nusair
A guilty pleasure: Ridley Scott's fourth film is a minor work, a semi-effective combo of cop thriller and erotic noir melodrama, but it has nice visual style and the perfromances by Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers and especially Lorraine Barcco are likable. Jul 27, 2008 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
A guilty pleasure: Ridley Scott's fourth film is a minor work, a semi-effective combo of cop thriller and erotic noir melodrama, but it has nice visual style and the perfromances by Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers and especially Lorraine Barcco are likable.
Emanuel Levy
A riveting piece of cinema....Berenger at his dependable best May 6, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
A riveting piece of cinema....Berenger at his dependable best
Clint Morris
Scott's visual prowess overwhelms a paper-thin premise. Apr 17, 2005 | Rating: 3/5
Scott's visual prowess overwhelms a paper-thin premise.
Scott Weinberg
Sags in the middle and never recovers.
Super Reviewer
A predictable thriller romance type story, the actors are okay, and overall the movie is okay, not good or bad, just okay.
A Ridley Scott 'director for hire' film, but I enjoyed it.
Run of the mill 80s thriller, notable only for the nice visuals from Ridley Scott. The opening shot of the Chrysler building has been ripped off mercilessly ever since.
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