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True Lies

1994

James Cameron

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Charlton Heston ...

6.3

38,753

Action. Comedy Secret agent Harry Tasker (Schwarzenegger) is a busy man; when he's not saving the world from terrorists, he's under cover as a boring computer salesman, juggling the everyday needs of his wife, Helen (Jamie Lee Curtis), and his daughter. While Harry and his partner, Gib (Tom Arnold), work to stop a gang of international terrorists from getting their hands on missing nuclear weapons, Helen, feeling neglected, begins a covert affair with ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"This mixture of comedy and super-agent spectacle works well at first. But when Schwarzenegger's family and working worlds link up -- an inevitable development -- the plot becomes increasingly ridiculous and overwrought."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"On the basis of stunts, special effects and pure action, it delivers sensationally (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"Much of the appeal of 'True Lies' comes from the smooth grafting of battle-of-the-sexes comedy onto a high-tech action picture. (...) The first successful romantic comedy in which trucks, as well as heartstrings, are blown to bits."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"The movie gets mired in a comedic midsection that wears the audience down, sapping their energy before the film shifts to a chaotic third act that just doesn’t know when to quit."	NEG
United Kingdom	Caroline Westbrook Empire	"Proves that throwing everything at the camera sometimes works a treat (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"The comedy is extremely broad (...) the action sequences are as well crafted as one can expect from Cameron, and the meaning is as root basic as anyone would wish."	NEU
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"It may be wildly implausible and a trifle misogynistic, but, on a pure excitement level, Cameron's blockbuster is unbeatable entertainment (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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