Proof of Life 2000

Critics score:
40 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Ebert & Roeper: Read more

Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Hackford and company don't deliver in Proof of Life. Read more

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The film is still paint-by-numbers. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Proof of life? Only at the end of the movie. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: What ultimately sinks this stylish but heartless film is a flat lead performance by the eternally snippy Meg Ryan. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: In a year of so many so-so movies, Proof of Life is the so-soest. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: This Taylor Hackford-directed, Tony Gilroy-written film, solidly and professionally made though it is, is nowhere near as engrossing as looking for signs of life between the two lead performers. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The overriding feel of this film: purposelessness. Read more

Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Well directed, superbly acted, full of conflicting emotions and has subtle psychological shifts in loyalties. Read more

Steven Rosen, Denver Post: There's much in Proof to excite and involve you. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: When it's dull, which it is too often for a kidnap caper, this movie is about a woman chirping 'notice anything new about my outfit?' to a man whose idea of style is a jacket not crusted in human blood. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Hackford bookends his movie with some terrific action sequences, but the center is a void. Read more

David Ansen, Newsweek: Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Read more

Larry Worth, Associated Press: Proof...verifies that quality filmmaking triumphs over tabloid gossip. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The movie's impressive look cannot fully compensate for the uneven and partially involving nature of the overall story. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I was interested all through the movie--interested, but not riveted. Read more

Michael Sragow, Salon.com: For all its nail-biting fusillades, it fails to score a shot to the heart. Read more

Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle: Emotionally off kilter. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: Story's backdrop is interesting and relevant, but nearly everything that has been placed in the foreground is hackneyed and lacking in imagination. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Proof of Life isn't a movie. It's an overpriced scrapbook. Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: It's the same old story, a fight for love and glory, except that time goes by . . . slowwwwly. Read more