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The movie bores despite a splendid performance by Michael Caine.
SUPER REVIEWER
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Caine bounces back and forth almost randomly between pitiable and detestable, following the dictates of a formulaic plot. Mar 26, 2004 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Caine bounces back and forth almost randomly between pitiable and detestable, following the dictates of a formulaic plot.
Terry Lawson
This is a creaky, obsolete sort of film, not an instant classic, but an instant antique. Mar 19, 2004 | Rating: 2/5
This is a creaky, obsolete sort of film, not an instant classic, but an instant antique.
Jay Boyar
Seems more an excuse to attack a target than an exercise in solid storytelling. Mar 19, 2004 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Seems more an excuse to attack a target than an exercise in solid storytelling.
Connie Ogle
Plodding and predictable. Mar 16, 2004 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Plodding and predictable.
Nev Pierce
Partly because of Caine and partly because of meticulous work by veteran director Norman Jewison, The Statement is a fiction done so effectively, it rings true -- even slick lines that may otherwise be rancid. Feb 19, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Partly because of Caine and partly because of meticulous work by veteran director Norman Jewison, The Statement is a fiction done so effectively, it rings true -- even slick lines that may otherwise be rancid.
Howard Shapiro
An inert sociopolitical thriller mired in moralizing. Feb 6, 2004 | Rating: C-
An inert sociopolitical thriller mired in moralizing.
Bruce Westbrook
Jewison is not sure if he wants to make a chase or message film. May 12, 2019 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Jewison is not sure if he wants to make a chase or message film.
Dennis Schwartz
The film operates well as a thriller and probably goes further than intended in extracting sympathy for its reprehensible protagonist. May 11, 2009 | Rating: B | Full Review…
The film operates well as a thriller and probably goes further than intended in extracting sympathy for its reprehensible protagonist.
Cole Smithey
... the thrilleresque aspects ... are most pleasing. Jan 29, 2005 | Rating: B
... the thrilleresque aspects ... are most pleasing.
Philip Martin
"The Statement is that rare, unassuming movie that has much to say and is so daring in its message that it is a wonder it has seen the light of day" Sep 1, 2004 | Rating: 2 | Full Review…
"The Statement is that rare, unassuming movie that has much to say and is so daring in its message that it is a wonder it has seen the light of day"
Jordan Hiller
Em função de sua própria premissa, apresenta questões éticas interessantes. Jul 29, 2004 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Em função de sua própria premissa, apresenta questões éticas interessantes.
Pablo Villaça
Confused at its core and too befuddled to make that a virtue. May 11, 2004 | Rating: 0.5/4 | Full Review…
Confused at its core and too befuddled to make that a virtue.
Walter Chaw
I really liked the narrative behind this film, however I was slightly confused as to who I should be rooting for. Opening with (and following) Pierre Brossard we can see he is truly sorry for his actions. Is that just to calm his own nerves and make himself feel better? Maybe, but he still pained himself over what he has done which led me to believe we should be on his side and want him to escape. Certainly casting Michael Caine in this role does that. But at the end the filmmakers professed this film to the 7 Jews who were killed all those years ago, so why make their murderer so human and so compassionate? I also found it slightly slow at times when nothing to progress the narrative happened. This is a good film and whilst I won't be watching it for a long while it's something I'll definitely revisit. Thanks in part to Caine's brilliant performance!
Super Reviewer
Cast: Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Jeremy Northam, Ciarán Hinds, John Neville, Matt Craven, Edward Petherbridge Director: Norman Jewison Summary: The buried sins of the past almost always find a way to surface in the present, as Frenchman Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine) discovers in this drama directed by Norman Jewison. Pierre's quiet life in southern France is disrupted as he's haunted by his betrayals. During World War II, his Nazi sympathizing led to the deaths of 14 Jews. With a Nazi hunter (Tilda Swinton), the police and hired killers on his trail, it's his turn to be the hunted. My Thoughts: "The movie grabbed me right from the start with it's brilliant opening, but unfortunately it doesn't keep with that brilliance the entire film. In about thirty minutes in, it gets quite boring. Not one of Caine's best performances, but a movie he did carry on his own. It's basically him going from church to church in hiding. Not very interesting, but the story is. I wish they would have elaborated on it more then just showing Caine's character on the run. Also, what happened to this film being of french characters, they all sounded pretty british to me. Just not well made."
Not one of michael caines best of films its a bit boring really just following him around with his life and it just was very exciting!
Michael Caine plays the only interesting part , but even he can't help the sinking feeling of this flat, slow, superficial, unsympathetic tv movie with big aspirations. Too bad to know also that this may be Norman Jewison's last movie.
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