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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallRedford proves that at 75 he can still choose meaningful projects and deliver them with intelligence.
- 75Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreMay not be as emotionally compelling as John Ford's work ("The Prisoner of Shark Island"), but it's every bit as meticulously crafted.
- 70TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissWright's performance is the key to a movie that pulses with the sick thrill of historical discovery. The Conspirator reminds us that. when we surrendered so many of our Constitutional rights and judgments after 9/11, it wasn't the first time.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesThe real standout is Kevin Kline as secretary of war Edwin Stanton.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe screenwriter, James Solomon, does the poor job only a liberal could at making the case for a Cheneyesque "dark side," and he isn't helped by Kline's wooden acting. Too bad. The Conspirator is eloquent enough to let the other side have its say.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThere's no Deep Throat this time, but Tom Wilkinson does his best Ben Bradlee as a hawkish legal mentor, while Kevin Kline coos menacingly as Lincoln's Nixonian war secretary, Edwin Stanton, a man seeking to hang prisoners out of political expediency. It all seems a little forced.
- 50The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneIn The Conspirator, one wishes that the director had found the grace to touch upon, rather than belabor, the parallels between the conspirators of 1865 and the present-day inmates of Guantánamo.
- 30Village VoiceNick PinkertonVillage VoiceNick PinkertonThe film is a burdensome two hours.