Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
9 |
...a damn fine thriller. It does all the things I can't stand in bad movies, and does them in a good one. |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
7 |
...satisfies a basic human taste -- something to go with the popcorn. I liked it. It knows what it's doing. |
E!
Luke Y. Thompson |
3 |
Overly complex characters, poorly edited action bits and a pileup of ludicrous twists leave this flick a flavorless mess. |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
8 |
...director Phillip Noyce is not the first name you think of when it comes to reinventing the thriller, but Salt tries...and triumphs. |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
5 |
...contains many conflicts: intelligence vs. counterintelligence, blond Angelina vs raven-haired and . . . well, that’s about it. |
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez |
4 |
...a banal, humorless action thriller that's intermittingly enlivened by Jolie's quintessential ferocity. |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
7 |
... primed to keep your pulse racing so your brain will stop thinking, "WTF!" Go with the illogic or you'll miss the fun. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
7 |
The movie is fun, dammit. So who cares, really, if it's trash? |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
5 |
Ms. Jolie’s contribution is to endow the silliness with a gravity and clarity of purpose that makes you care, for a scant hour and a half, who Salt is, what she does and where she stands. Not that she stands for much, or stays still for very long. |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
7 |
...who goes to summer action movies for cast-iron logic anyway? Or for plausible characters, for that matter? You go for brisk stunts expertly executed, for well-directed action that doesn't allow you to catch your breath and for one of the preeminent action stars of our time. Yes, that would be Angelina Jolie. |
Village Voice
Karina Longworth |
8 |
Highly satisfying, often exhilarating, refreshingly unpretentious... |
Onion AV Club
Keith Phipps |
7 |
Jolie’s commanding presence mostly helps keep laughs at bay -- her slightly inhuman glamour works in her favor here -- but Salt’s mechanical command of action is what makes it one of the most entertaining films of a summer thin on its once-abundant variety of cheap thrills. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
7 |
...a high-octane action thriller. |
Variety
Justin Chang |
5 |
...a brisk, professionally assembled but finally shrug-inducing thriller... |
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