Assassination Tango Critic Reviews

Acting doesn't get more personal, or much greater. Read the full review

A wonderfully eccentric piece of filmmaking -- to demand it cohere to formula would be to miss the point. Read the full review

There isn't any kind of dance you can compare to Robert Duvall's latest as an actor/director, though a slo-mo minuet might come close. Read the full review

The movie is not quite successful. It is too secretive about its heart.Read the full review

Like "The Apostle," it exists off the beaten path and will not satisfy mainstream viewers. Yet, for those who do not demand a firm adherence to formulas and genre-driven expectations, this movie offers the chance to see something a little different. Read the full review

Since its maker is one of the least vain of Hollywood actors, it's one that is worthy of indulgence and respect. Read the full review

At heart, ridiculous -- ludicrous in its conception and silly in its spectacle. Read the full review

A supremely unhurried filmmaker, Duvall lets the story meander sleepily en route to a conclusion as ho-hum as everything preceding it. Read the full review

Duvall missteps in trying to mesh suspense with a love story that also involves the woman (Kathy Baker) John J. lives with and her young daughter (Katherine Micheaux Miller), on whom he disturbingly dotes. Read the full review