Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
8 |
There is something honest and a little brave about the way Sayles refuses to provide closure at the end of his movie. Virtue is not rewarded, crime is not punished, morality lies outside the rules of the game, and because the system is rotten, no one who plays in it can be entirely untouched. |
Chicago Tribune
Robert K. Elder |
6 |
...instead of tracing character paths, Sayles sacrifices solid storytelling in favor of forwarding a political (and environmental) ideology. |
E!
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6 |
Sayles gets a little distracted along the way in his attempt to really nail it to Dubya, but as far as a sly look into the shadowy underbelly of politics goes, this gets our vote. |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
7 |
A juicy political satire. |
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh |
6 |
...a pointed, unsubtle political satire... |
Reel
Pam Grady |
7 |
Certainly, no Sayles film is for everyone and Silver City is no different. His competing storylines demand more attention than the average Hollywood movie. |
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez |
5 |
Because politics see little elaboration in Silver City, the film takes on the appearance of the floating dead fish of the final shot. It's a fabulous image: a metaphor for Dubya's shady politicking, but also one for Sayles's own filmmaking. |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
7 |
In a Hollywood of multiplex mush, a vote here counts for something. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
3 |
Silver City may be the mustiest political-conspiracy tale ever filmed; it's like Chinatown rewritten by Ralph Nader. |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
4 |
...an earnest, drab indictment of power and corruption in the American West. |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
4 |
...a film that should involve us more than it does. |
People
Leah Rozen |
6 |
...comes tantalizingly close to brilliance in some scenes but fails to mesh as a whole. |
LA Weekly
Jon Strickland |
4 |
...again and again misses the human and leaving cartoons that satisfy only as agitprop. |
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson |
3 |
...takes on a loaded social context with the grace of a rail-splitter. |
Onion AV Club
Tasha Robinson |
6 |
...is impeccably crafted and beautifully acted, with an emphasis on low-key, believable character dynamics and small, telling details. |
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt |
9 |
Leaving aside Huston's bland acting and a few other flaws, Sayles's politically charged drama raises a rousing number of issues and ideas, inviting us to ponder them and draw our own conclusions. |
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