Rising Sun 1993

Vincent Canby, New York Times: It directs attention not to the internal reasons for America's economic problems, but to inscrutable, generalized, unknown others from abroad, whose yellow skins and strange manners announce their evil purposes as much as their unfair trade practices. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: I found it pretty entertaining, as well as provocative in some of its comments about contemporary life. Read more

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David Ansen, Newsweek: As the plot grows more intricate, strangely the tension dissipates, until finally the movie just seems to run out of breath. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: There are a few too many plot holes and logical errors. Rising Sun may be solidly-paced, but not all aspects of the production are as successful. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The screenplay by Kaufman, Crichton and Michael Backes is not about much of anything important. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: It would be nice to see Connery doing something intrinsically interesting instead of trying to make something inherently dull entertaining. And it would be good to see Snipes cut loose more than he is able to here. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Kaufman's PC adaptation falls awkwardly between the conventions of the Hollywood conspiracy thriller and something intended as more artily significant. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: When working in genre territory before, the idiosyncratic Kaufman has shown a marked tendency to debunk or subvert conventions. Playing it straight here, he brings little to the table. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Connery is heaven, and so is the movie. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A thoroughly gratifying prestige thriller, thanks to riveting suspense and two brilliant stars. Read more