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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliA thriller with enough of the right ingredients to provide a couple hours of escapism.
- 70NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenThere's almost nothing you haven't seen before in this slick, preposterous, but occasionally exciting thriller. An angry Ford absorbs, and dishes out, massive punishment for a fellow his age, while Virginia Madsen is sadly wasted as his wife.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe amount of enjoyment one gets out of the Harrison Ford crime-action thriller Firewall depends on one's tolerance for watching thugs terrify an innocent family for most of the movie.
- 60VarietyBrian LowryVarietyBrian LowryFirewall begins slowly, exhibits hints of promise in the middle and then descends into silliness.
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)New York Magazine (Vulture)The director, Richard Loncraine, doesn't generate much tension in Firewall's first half...The standard-issue climax is pretty exciting, though.
- 50TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelTo make something like Firewall good, you have to make it at least a little bit new--or add more than an unending patter of rain and techno-talk.
- 50The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonEverything here is a known quantity except one question that could have been inspired by a Tootsie Roll Pop commercial: How many twists does it take to finally, at long last, get to the predictable ending?
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversAs a thriller, Firewall is flabby and familiar.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsFord, soon to be eligible for Medicare, gives his entire performance without losing his breath or changing his expression, and Bettany, a British actor whose pasty complexion won him the role of Silas the Albino in the coming "The Da Vinci Code," is an apt tormentor cum foil of his prey.
- 40Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonAs used cars go, the latest and possibly last Harrison Ford thriller, Firewall, is no deal: It runs rough, stalls frequently, smells like the stale sweat of four dozen older movies, and handles like a blind mule.