The Saint 1997

Critics score:
30 / 100

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Tom Long, Detroit News: A piece of mass-market movie bubblegum that stretches incredulity and then snaps apart. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: This insufferable romance-adventure includes vague comedy as well as unintentional humor, and its target audience seems to be preadolescents who won't notice the calculated enthusiasm with which it sidesteps sexuality. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Whereas something like Clear and Present Danger was briskly all of a piece, "The Saint" has difficulty making us believe that its diverse elements belong in the same motion picture. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: More entertaining than Mission: Impossible or the last Bond film, Goldeneye, it brings back the humour and sang-froid that makes the genre work. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Loud, frantic, ridiculously overproduced and featuring a preening performance by Val Kilmer as a supposedly brilliant master of disguise, The Saint is sheer overkill. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Saint is lightly entertaining, but there's very little here worth getting excited about. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Compared with the sensational stunts and special effects in the Bond series, The Saint seems positively leisurely. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: A soulless piece of claptrap. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: There isn't a contemporary film actor more crafty than Val Kilmer -- or one who reveals less of his true self. That's why Kilmer is so perfectly cast as Simon Templar, the master thief and elusive disguise artist of The Saint. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Eminently forgettable. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: A generic suspenser that doesn't taste bad at first bite but becomes increasingly hard to swallow. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: [Noyce] keeps things moving at a kinetic, involving pace. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Reinvention in the hands of Hollywood is seldom cause for celebration. Read more