The Siege 1998

Critics score:
45 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: [Benning] is the only fresh, compelling character in the film. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Even at its most unbelievable, The Siege has the performances of Washington and Bening to fall back on, and a theme that understands that what's difficult is not choosing right from wrong but 'choosing the wrong that's more right.' Read more

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Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Typical summer popcorn fare. Read more

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Janet Maslin, New York Times: Washington and Ms. Bening play smart, interesting characters who never quite connect, while Willis turns himself into the loosest military cannon this side of Dr. Strangelove. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The Siege is many things at once: tense, exciting, disturbing, and thought provoking. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The prejudicial attitudes embodied in the film are insidious, like the anti-Semitism that infected fiction and journalism in the 1930s--not just in Germany, but in Britain and America. Read more

Charles Taylor, Salon.com: The Siege is clumsily put together. Zwick is careless about plot details, so the movie is often needlessly confusing. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The script is too muddled to be remedied by vigorous filmmaking. Read more

Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Read more

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