JCVD Critic Reviews

JCVD may not be the first meta-musclehead movie, but it's certainly the most surprising.Read the full review

Van Damme says worse things about himself than critics would dream of saying, and the effect is shockingly truthful.Read the full review

A reality-twisting cousin to "Being John Malkovich" -- showcases a Van Damme who's sly like a fox about his own image.Read the full review

The giddy near-brilliance of its central conceit is squandered by flat execution.Read the full review

A shrewd satire about stardom and the cult of celebrity.Read the full review

JCVD should entertain both movie and action buffs. Van Damme proves once and for all that he's not just a set of glistening pectorals. However, he's still in no danger of being asked to play Hamlet.Read the full review

Some of this is affecting, some of it tedious, and the film's inconsistencies of tone are made more glaring by its peculiar look.Read the full review

A canny piece of autobiography that looks at the man behind the legend and the legend behind the man.Read the full review

JCVD is a whimsical twist on the biopic, sending up heist movies and breaking cinematic rules to interesting effect. At a critical moment, Van Damme rises out of a tense hostage situation to look into the camera and speak movingly to the audience. He has never seemed more convincing.Read the full review