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The Gray Man

2022

Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton ...

5.6

10,411

Thriller. Action In Europe, a CIA operative-turned-assassin looks to evade mysterious forces as he tries to save the lives of the daughters who don't know he exists.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Time Out	"One of the most enjoyable movies of the year so far and easily the streamer’s best action film yet (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A depressingly formulaic waste of the talents of the Russo Brothers and the A-list cast — and a complete waste of 2 hours and 2 minutes of your time"	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"There’s nothing terribly original about the storytelling (...) What makes 'The Gray Man' exciting. This is the most exciting original action property Netflix has delivered since 'Bright'"	POS
United States	Luke Y. Thompson AV Club	"For the most part, Netflix’s 'The Gray Man' is a damn delight (...) Frequently more fun and escapist than some of the recent James Bond films"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"There’s plenty of drama but no heart in this Netflix tale of CIA assassins, which jumps frantically between exotic locations (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Monique Jones Common Sense Media	"A global manhunt ensues, as Gentry must use his former spy training to fight the group of international assassins working against him. Expect intense action sequences, strong language, and violence"	NEU
United Kingdom	John Nugent Empire	"Tinkering with the spy-action wheel rather than reinventing it, this is a pacy, ruggedly entertaining romp, with a punchy pair of lead turns from Gosling and Evans (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"Loosely based on the Mark Greaney novel, The Gray Man proves that the Russo brothers don’t need superpowers to turn massive budgets into mush"	NEU
United States	Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	"A movie that's made to be half-watched on Netflix while scrolling on your phone. Its greatest disappointment is that it knows what it has — Gosling, a great cast, a lot of money — and it still ends up being less than the sum of its parts"	NEG
United States	Siddhant Adlakha IGN	"'The Gray Man' is a product of too many conflicting approaches with no unifying vision resulting in a spy movie mish-mash that takes far too long to be enjoyable"	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"A maximalist action thriller that is almost comically violent, unfailingly glib, and intermittently very fun."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The summer’s blandest movie. You can actually feel your Netflix subscription getting more expensive as Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans fight across this dull Bourne knockoff."	NEG
United States	Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"While it has its moments, a few good laughs, a few impressive thriller sequences (...) 'The Gray Man' is generally an unremarkable swing and miss that wants the best of both worlds, but can’t really thread that needle."	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Like so much original entertainment in the streaming world, 'The Gray Man' seems scared to take an actual risk (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Canada	Molly Freeman Screen Rant	"'The Gray Man' is a spiritual throwback to 80s/90s action movies, with pulse-pounding fight scenes, delightfully cheesy dialogue & wickedly fun villain (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chris Barsanti Slant	"A noisy, flashy spectacle that piles clichés atop ludicrous plotting and sprinkles it all with half-funny quips (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"'The Gray Man' is gripping, tense, and action-packed, with an action turn by Gosling that is as thrilling as much as it is disarming (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"My barista could have been cast as the lead of this action-thriller, and the film would be absolutely no different (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"Gosling has a few funny moments himself — his affectlessness has always been an easy source of amusement — but for the most part he plays it cool, which is safe territory for him but also watchable enough for us"	NEU
United States	John Serba Decider	"'The Gray Man' offers a few more pleasures than deficiencies, and might be worth watching just for Evans’ deliriously icky performance"	NEU
United States	Simon Abrams The Wrap	"The Russo Brothers bobble the choreography of violence in the film’s endless set pieces while failing to make their characters interesting"	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"The Russo brothers go big again"	POS
United States	Ethan Vestby The Film Stage	"The Russos brothers deliver a hideous, dreary franchise hopeful"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"'The Gray Man' is only good enough to rank as watchable"	NEU

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