Enemy of the State Critic Reviews
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Based upon 11 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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It has a hurtling pace, nonstop intensity and a stylish, appealing performance by Will Smith in his first real starring role.Read the full review
Sporadically entertaining, though it lacks the kind of political urgency and emotional resonance so crucial to many similarly themed '70s movies.Read the full review
It offers a solid two hours of pure, escapist entertainment.Read the full review
A solid and satisfying commercial venture with more than enough pizazz to overcome occasional lapses in moment-to-moment plausibility.Read the full review
An enormously entertaining visit to planet paranoia, but its escapist pleasures titillate only in direct proportion to the degree of persecution complex that you bring into the theater with you.Read the full review
A frustrating film that feels cobbled together.Read the full review
The picture is solidly crafted, performed to the hilt and full of humor.Read the full review
Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott have wisely set their course by Will Smith, who is sensational in a dramatic role that leans on him to carry a movie without the help of aliens or Big Willie-style jokes for every occasion.Read the full review
The dazzle doesn't make up, however, for the movie's lack of depth.Read the full review
In too much of a hurry to be much of a people picture. And the standoff at the end edges perilously close to the ridiculous, for a movie that's tried so hard to be plausible.Read the full review
