The Counselor

"Despite its scaldingly hot cast and formidable writer/director combination, 'The Counselor' is simply not a very likable or gratifying film. In fact, it's a bummer." 

"It contains memorable dialogue, vivid characters and several superb scenes, and yet it still manages to be wrong, a complete miscalculation (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)" 

"'The Counselor' achieves the almost unheard-of daily double of giving us the most outrageous sex scene of the year AND the most unforgettably brutal murder of the year. This is a badass journey from start to finish. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Emotionally vacant film (...) Plays like a parody of a Cormac McCarthy adaptation...It's derivative nonsense."  

"Great cast, middling movie. (...) stylish but unfulfilling Ridley Scott film (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)" 

"The Counselor" must have looked great on paper, but you can't believe a word of it (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)" 

"'The Counselor' [is] a droning meditation on capitalism in the form of a thriller about cocaine trading on the Tex-Mex border. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"