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The Statement

2003

Norman Jewison

Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Northam, Charlotte Rampling ...

5.6

1,391

Thriller Set in modern-day France, The Statement is the story of Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine) who, as a young man during World War II, committed a heinous crime. Brossard has never been brought to trial and has lived a peaceful and anonymous life sheltered by right-wing elements within the Catholic church. A new investigation into his crimes is launched by an ambitious judge (Tilda Swinton) and a scrupulous Colonel (Jeremy Northam). Even ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"As much as these wonderful actors invest their performances with psychological nuance, their efforts go mostly for naught in a movie that gives character development a distant back seat to the grinding mechanics of its formulaic plot"	NEG
United Kingdom	Wally Hammond Time Out	"The middlebrow approach begs too many questions of motivation and historical context, and flatly undermines the film's effectiveness as a thriller."	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It plods a bit, but there's a very watchable performance from Michael Caine (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"No one is more skilled at surviving bad cinema than Caine"	NEU
United States	Scott Foundas Variety	"Material that might have made for an intriguing morality play is rendered as a by-the-numbers and fatally overlong pursuit thriller"	NEG
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"After a grippingly economic opener, Brossard (...) remains too enigmatic to constantly engage (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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