The Bourne Ultimatum Critic Reviews

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USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

The best action thriller of the year.Read the full review

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

Feels fresher, leaner, and faster than any action movie in years.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

Mr. Greengrass knows how to do his job, and there’s no one in Hollywood right now who does action better, who keeps the pace going so relentlessly, without mercy or letup, scene after hard-rocking scene.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites

Damon's minimalist style is key to why the Bourne movies have become an oasis from other blockbuster action fare.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

A spectacular windup toy of a thriller -- a contraption made by an artist.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

A pounding, pulsating thriller that provides an almost constant adrenaline surge for nearly two hours.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Carina ChocanoAdd Critic to Favorites

It says something about Paul Greengrass' directing style that he's able to make a movie as fresh and frank as The Bourne Ultimatum from a genre as moldy and bombastic as the spy thriller.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

Audiences will eat it up: This is a postmillennial spy-action movie pitched to a large international audience. You hardly need subtitles.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

You sit there, and the action assaults you, and using words to re-create it would be futile. What actually happens to Jason Bourne is essentially immaterial. What matters is that SOMETHING must happen, so he can run away from it or toward it.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie is thunderously exciting, but what makes it resonate is the wrenching story we read on Damon's face. We've waited all summer for a wild ride to grab us with more than jolts. Now it's here. Hang on.Read the full review

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