True Lies 1994

Caryn James, New York Times: As this comedy of manners unfolds, it is played for all-out action as well as satiric humor. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: If the Gulf War gave you an insatiable taste for burning oil and burning Arabs, this extravaganza will tide you over for at least a couple of days. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The fun of an elaborately scaled comic suspense thriller is that, no matter how spectacular the stunts are, the hero always seems to be operating out of the purest pragmatism. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: However high your ranking on the culture scale, I defy you to watch this and leave the theatre without a whistled 'Wow' followed by a grudging 'That's entertainment.' Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: An old-fashioned, high-tech, fun time at the movies. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: On the basis of stunts, special effects and pure action, it delivers sensationally. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Half the time, this hi-tech action movie delivers, in a mindless kind of way: it's fast, crude and has enough explosions and cartoon-style violence to satisfy our baser instincts. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: Providing its share of fun in stretches, pic ultimately overstays its welcome with a level of mayhem that will simply feel like too much for any marginal fan of the genre. Read more

Desson Thomson, 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. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: True Lies, far too technologically bloated for its cartoony plot, overestimates the human tolerance for high-tech mayhem. Read more