Paycheck Critic Reviews

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The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

Surprisingly . . . ept given that it is basically a dumb movie about smart people. This smooth but bland thriller may be the best we could expect from such a collaboration. Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Maybe Affleck was drawn to this movie because it involves the loss of memory. Who wouldn't want to forget "Gigli," and now this? Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

With a script that waffles between being hilariously absurd and insultingly stupid, and action scenes that won't cause anyone's pulse to skip a beat, Paycheck is less appealing than a lump of coal in a Christmas stocking. Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

A nifty science-fiction twist on the old amnesia plot where a guy spends most of a movie trying to remember what he did and why everyone is after him. Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

The amazing thing about John Woo's steely, impersonal adaptation of Philip K. Dick sci-fi story about a tech genius whose memory is erased...is how it vanishes in front of our eyes even as we watch it. Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

The sort of noisy nonsense that Woo's earlier action movies made irrelevant, but alas not extinct. Read the full review

Washington Post | Michael O'SullivanAdd Critic to Favorites

A fun if dumb movie. Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Running mainly on adrenaline and a gimmick, it's different from other holiday movies in that it's not ambitious, earnest or overblown, and it obviously wasn't made with one eye on the Oscars. Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

The title of this limp retread of "Minority Report" -- both films are based on stories by Philip K. Dick -- presumably refers to the reason the big names involved did this movie.Read the full review

Variety | Robert KoehlerAdd Critic to Favorites

Uninspired star turns from Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman suggest something less than full belief in this quickly forgettable thriller. Read the full review

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