Mission: Impossible 1996

Critics score:
63 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Smart, ambitious, occasionally elegant. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: A sleek, whooshingly entertaining update of the vintage television series. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: Read more

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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Every effect is so calculated that only the conscious minds of filmmakers and viewers are engaged--and not by very much or for very long. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This movie isn't a disaster, but, all things considered, there's little reason to make it a high priority for theatrical viewing. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Tom Cruise looks cool and holds our attention while doing neat things that we don't quite understand. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: A sleek, stunningly made movie. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It's the worst kind of convoluted thriller -- it can never unravel satisfactorily because there's nothing simple at its center, just more confusion. Read more

Alonso Duralde, TheWrap: Read more

Time Out: Despite the snags, De Palma remains a virtuoso puppet-master, pulling the strings taut in a nail-biting robbery sequence, switching from micro to macro with Hitchcockian panache, and finally letting rip with a hell-for-leather climax. Read more

David Stratton, Variety: Read more

Variety: The most dour, sexless piece of escapism in memory. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Exciting, smart and enormously enjoyable. Read more