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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyEmanuel LevyVarietyEmanuel LevyProvides a platform for Sean Connery to deliver a definitive, career-summation performance.
- 80Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanManages to take the cerebral act of literary creation and make it exciting, sexy even.
- 75Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroIt's rare to see a movie that takes such joy in the power of words, not to create lofty works of art but to effect the simple, necessary translation of what's in one's heart and mind.
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrA juicy and gratifying teacher movie (a genre to which I'm partial). The joy in performance shared by Connery and Brown is the big reason.
- 75Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezThe movie is not without its pleasures. Chief among them is Sean Connery's robust performance.
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanIf it were 10 minutes shorter, it would've been just the right length and almost wholly honest.
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkOne can't underestimate the appeal of any movie constructed around Sean Connery's charm.
- 70Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonOne of those hybrid projects: a major studio film, big star, homely storyline, but tempered by an indie director working in his own idiosyncratic style.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghWell acted (notably by newcomer Brown), warm hearted and utterly predictable, this film is aimed squarely at everyone who loved "Good Will Hunting."
- 50TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelSomething more surprising might have been made of this odd couple, but Van Sant, emptily employing the realist manner of his early films, is goodwill hunting in all the wrong places.