The Statement Critic Reviews

Has the hallmarks of a top-notch Jewison production -- splendid performances, especially from leads Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton and Jeremy Northam, a pulse-quickening pace and production values that establish story and character within a distinct environment. Read the full review

For a story that centers on intrigue in high places, the few even halfway-grabbing scenes come from the mild if unexplored sexual tension between co-Caine sleuthers Tilda Swinton and Jeremy Northam.Read the full review

I don't require that a movie have a message, but in a message movie it is helpful to know what the message is. Read the full review

As depicted here, the political story becomes convoluted and dramatically inert. Read the full review

In Jewison's hands, this cat-and-mouse game plays like third-rate John Le Carré, treading lethargically over high-minded intrigue that mixes fact, fiction, and unlikely speculation in dubious relation to the historical record.Read the full review

Films can't just sound good on paper; they have to be effective on the screen, and in that form, The Statement is disappointing. Read the full review

Jewison dodges the issues in the script by Ronald Harwood (The Pianist) to focus on cat-and-mouse chases that kill interest. Read the full review

Lackluster pic fails both as suspense and as character study.Read the full review

As much as these wonderful actors invest their performances with psychological nuance, their efforts go mostly for naught in a movie that gives character development a distant back seat to the grinding mechanics of its formulaic plot. Read the full review