Proof of Life Critic Reviews

It's absorbing, although draggy.Read the full review

It's never enough of a grabber to keep the mind from wandering to the romance it apparently sparked.Read the full review

I was interested all through the movie--interested, but not riveted. I cared, but not quite enough.Read the full review

When it's dull, which it is too often for a kidnap caper, this movie is about a woman chirping ''notice anything new about my outfit?'' to a man whose idea of style is a jacket not crusted in human blood.Read the full review

An ambitious film that aims to examine the human equations behind the abductions. But for all its good intentions, it's not as subtle as it might be, and it's finally pitched too broadly to achieve the level of emotional truth it aims for.Read the full review

What ultimately sinks this stylish but heartless film is a flat lead performance by the eternally snippy Meg Ryan.Read the full review

In Proof of Life it's the same old story, a fight for love and glory, except that time goes by . . . slowwwwly.Read the full review

Crowe gets to use his real Aussie voice, which works better with that poker face, and his underplaying at times has a psychotic intensity. But Ryan looks dopey when she's supposed to be stressed-out.Read the full review

Slim pickings.Read the full review