Defendor 2009

Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times: Stebbings is more interested in deconstructing heroism than creating a concrete world, sapping the movie of the immediacy it needs to come alive. For all its aspirations, the film never meshes into something cohesive or substantial. Read more

Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: The conviction in Harrelson's performance sells the movie -- he and his character are both unsung heroes who give their roles everything they've got. Read more

Tim Grierson, L.A. Weekly: Likable but hardly memorable. Read more

James Adams, Globe and Mail: Defendor is more a refreshment of a genre than a transcendence of it. But thanks to Harrelson, you'll be a believer. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: Stebbings fills Defendor with humorous bits, comic treats dropped in quickly and without fanfare. It gives the movie a proper pace, well punctuated with laughs at the right time, and outrage and sympathy at others. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: Modest but likable effort is packaged in a straightforward style. Read more