A moderately diverting entertainment as sleek and aerodynamically sound as the glider its characters tool around in, it takes no extraordinary chances and delivers no major surprises.
This is a movie that understands the larger-than-life appeal of the old-fashioned movie star and one of the movies' most primal appeals: beautiful people doing amusing things while talking about it cleverly.
80
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Washington PostDesson Thomson
A full-throttle fantasy, about as heady a movie experience as it gets.
75
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
McTiernan's film mines what substance it has from its two stars, but is admittedly about keeping up its own appearances.
70
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
A sealskin-slick, cat-and-mouse romance-caper trifle with a hard-on for wealth that feels downright Trumpian.