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Positive Reviews
87
Negative reviews
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3.2
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2.8
But Concussion doesnt crackle like the best whistleblower dramas.
Av Club
2.5
But Concussion doesnt crackle like the best whistleblower dramas.
Av Club
3.0
Concussion is more a field goal than a touchdown Landesman walks away with points, but theres a larger score left on the field.
We Got This Covered
2.5
Its a whistleblower narrative to be sure, and it could have been a very effective one at that, but the film is bogged down by trying to keep too many ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
After months of self funded study, Omalu concludes that football is a hazardous game, one that needs to be stopped.
Time Out
4.5
But narratively, Concussion suffers from a draggy second act and, ultimately, doesnt stand apart from countless other movies about sex and bourgeois s ..
Screen Daily
2.0
A hard hitting documentary that lays out all the lies the NFL made about concussions and the eventual finding of CTE already exists.
Collider
4.5
To its minor credit, Concussion doesnt give the NFL a pass, but it doesnt make us as angry as it should.
Collider
3.8
You know that feeling when you have no social life because youre devoted to your work and your church, and some of the church elders ask you to provid ..
Rogerebert
3.8
Despite its sometimes mechanical approach, Concussion is anchored by Will Smiths star performance and the matter at hand.
IGN
2.0
Unfortunately, the film is too inert to get us where it wants to go and is also one of the dullest looking and most leadenly acted of the year so far.
Telegraph
3.8
What can be said about Concussion outside that its Will Smiths best performance in years Too bad its for a movie mostly plays it safe and isnt as thri ..
The Young Folks
4.0
Yes, this important film will deepen a debate about the games safety.
Ny Daily News
3.0
Its just a shame that the script fails to be much more than a satisfactory sports drama.
JoBlo
3.5
A thoughtful depiction of Omalu is Concussions biggest achievement a combination of Landesmans writing, Will Smiths performance, and the real Omalus e ..
Screen Rant
3.1
For all the talk of Smiths strong performance, one wonders if the subject matter couldnt have been tackled with less sentimentality and heartfelt biog ..
The Globe And Mail
3.5
Landesman has a weakness for pointedly stirring speeches, and a few scenes trip over themselves. But there is something gutsy and affecting about the ..
Philly
5.0
Dr. Ron Hamilton: If you retract, youll be fine.This all goes away.
Spirituality And Practice
2.8
Even more impressive are Morse, who creates a fearlessly honest portrait of a man on the edge of disaster, and Brooks, who, simply by bringing his pat ..
One Guys Opinion
2.0
Is this a film about brain trauma or a Will Smith vehicle It cant be both.
Village Voice
3.1
Eddie Marsan gives the movie gravitas as a rock star brain surgeon who recognizes instantly that Omalu is onto something.You have my attention.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
There are moments in the film where it feels like the material is living up to its potential, inspecting the dangers of the titular brain event.
Blu Ray
3.0
An experienced investigative journalist, writer director Peter Landesman () brings a responsible approach to his politically fraught stories, which co ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
Its as safe and diplomatic a treatment as a dramatization of this subject could be.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.1
Despite its faults, Smiths excellent execution and Concussion on the whole will hit home in the hearts and especially minds of the audience.
Usa Today
3.0
Will Smith leaves his usual smartass territory for Concussion, in which he plays the real life forensic pathologist Dr Bennet Omalu, who exposed the b ..
The Times
2.5
On a purely thematic level, Concussion fits nicely with the documentaries Happy Valley and The Hunting Ground as the final third in a football is the ..
News Review
3.0
Review Our Score by Damon Wise The story of Dr Bennet Omalu, the Nigerian pathologist whose 2002 autopsy on American football hero Mike Webster reveal ..
Radio Times
4.5
Its good and believable enough that you soon forget youre watching a movie star.
Screen It
2.0
The suspicion lingers that this story might have been better told in a documentary than in a dramatic feature.
Independent
3.1
The film goes slack when its screws most need to tighten. Luckily, Smith flawless in accent and commitment to Omalus worthy cause as the NFLs worst ni ..
Rolling Stone
2.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
2.0
In fact, the film is pure Oscar bait, complete with a cornball monologue delivered by star Will Smith about what makes America great.
The Wrap
2.5
The movie is too blandly timid to succeed as a drama and takes too many shortcuts to be a compelling procedural.
Film Journal
3.0
Will Smith is uncharacteristically understated as Nigerian born Dr Bennet Omalu, the real life forensic pathologist who identified the damaging effect ..
The Guardian
1.0
Based on a true story, this drama about the doctor who challenged the NFL with evidence that the game is giving its players brain damage is shallow an ..
The Guardian
2.0
A harrowing subject for a film, then, but somehow Landesman who also wrote the screenplay never manages to turn it into a gripping movie.
The Guardian
3.0
Its a distraction the movie doesnt need.Were already solidly in Omalus camp.
Az Central
3.5
Landesman is a bit too eager to avoid any hint of the documentary in the films style and structure.
Smh
3.5
As long as the film stays on that path, its pretty good agitprop and passable drama.
Mountain X
3.8
Concussion is a decent but uneven film.Writer/director Peter Landesman focuses on Omalus personal life more than a thriller requires.
Star Tribune
4.0
Even as Concussion clouds the hard core problem with soft side issues, it is a best step so far in the right direction.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
To threaten football in any wayto dare suggest that Americas favorite sport is somehow dangerous, despite such an assertion being seemingly common sen ..
Q Network
3.8
But his straightforward telling actually serves the strong cast and taut scriptand a story that would be deemed too outrageous to believe if it wasnt ..
Ew
2.0
Its all served up without the slightest flicker of irony that it is only to such educated and ambitious individuals that America extends this warm wel ..
Flim List
1.0
But it is a surprise that they should be so against it, because the film is such a chaotic mess that it all but fails with its message.
Film Inquiry
2.0
The movie Concussion, which tells this story, is a middle of the road drama populated by stock characters.
Empire
3.0
Whether thats true remains conjecture but the result is surprisingly ineffective, given the topic and Smiths understated portrayal.
Susang Ranger
3.0
Theres much to admire about this film: the story, the man behind the story, the great care it takes to tell its story.For this alone, Concussion deser ..
Common Sense Media
3.8
Its also a medical mystery tale and a saga about a decent, honest scientist going up against a big money monolith.
Sf Gate
4.0
Like the best films of its genre, it knows veracity is the best defense.
Time
1.9
Just as a better film would have given fuller shape to his convictions and disillusionments, one understands, too, that a ruder man and film are neede ..
Slant Magazine
3.1
If that drama proves anything, its that a great story doesnt need to be overdramatized.
Washington Post
3.5
Playing with a lilting accent and a narrow range of thoughtful expressions searching, noble, outraged, wounded he mounts a quietly effective charm off ..
The New York Times
3.5
Unfortunately, everything outside of this fascinating medical procedural is full of cliches.
Reeling Reviews
3.5
Unfortunately, everything outside of this fascinating medical procedural is full of cliches.
Reeling Reviews
2.0
Even if this werent a solidly entertaining medical procedural, what it has to say should make it a must see.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
This occasionally useless but more often drab true life story has got a notion that its playing in the same league as Michael Manns The Insider.
The Irish Times
5.0
Smiths magnetic performance and the provocative subject make Concussion a decent enough film, but its more notable for its intentions than its results ..
Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
But ultimately its the struggle to couch those facts in a satisfying arc that hobbles the piece; its the difference between a well acted vehicle for a ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.8
Regarding a concussion as a serious brain injury is a relatively recent phenomenon.
ReelViews
4.0
As a piece of filmmaking, Concussion is competent but not inspired.
Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Instead, all the players are painted as ticking time bombs waiting for their violent eruption and the NFL willingly enabling it with its lack of trans ..
Lyles Movie Files
1.5
Compiled with more than 40 hours of interviews with Coach Wooden, learn about the man behind the coach.
Tony Medley
3.5
Later, watching him do autopsies for the Allegheny County coroners office in Pittsburg, we can tell that the good doctor is no ordinary physician.
Los Angeles Times
3.1
The heart of the movie is pure, and the messages it is urgently trying to convey in regards to safety and accountability in professional sports are ce ..
Movie Freak
3.5
But that sobering point is made, even though the film takes care to relish the beauty of football, as well.
Detroit News
2.5
Effective enough as a cautionary tale about willful ignorance and as a showcase for Will Smith delivering a fine, understated performance as Omalu, th ..
Variety
3.8
Its the kind of thing that should infuriate football fans and make them rise up.
Aisle Seat
3.5
Will Smith is terrific in this old fashioned social issues drama, and Concussion is a rare Hollywood studio programmer that might actually make a diff ..
Forbes
3.0
Though sports fans with a fascination for the backroom politics of big time football will happily accept the honourable intentions of Concussion at fa ..
Herald Sun
1.8
This is the story structure Landesman lands on (pun probably intended).Here we have a story that has been building for decades concussions are slowly ..
Consequence Of Sound
2.5
Instead of a lecture, the movie takes the form of an investigative thriller.
Vox
3.0
American Football is a gracious game, but a brutal one and Landesman scrutinises over this notion and makes for a distinctively provocative watch.
Hey U Guys
2.5
Starring Will Smith, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks and David Morse.
The Star
4.4
The resistance, unfortunately, comes from the NFL and pretty much anyone loosely connected to it.
Deseret News
2.5
It is a great pity, as Smith is well as Bennet, but even an A list star needs a good script to make it work.
Urban Cine File
2.5
Skewing the story to instead depict a lone man fighting against the odds playing out almost like a classic underdog sport story Concussion handles its ..
Film Ink
3.5
Concussion is essentially Erin Brockovich with shoulder pads, a crowd pleaser built upon an issue long ignored.
Tamp A Bay
3.1
Yet the film is sober, honest and serious about an important subject.
New York Post
4.0
Any film that can evoke emotion and spark conversation has done its job and the story behind the film is very worthy of discussion.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.0
But the film seems to take its cue from the good doctors even temperedness.
Nz Herald
3.0
All the elements of a solid drama are here, yet in trying to overplay every single one of them Landesman winds up diminishing the whole, reaching for ..
Digital Spy
2.0
Writer/director Peter Landesmans medical drama is a timely reminder that just because youre Oscar bait, doesnt mean youre Oscar standard.Diligently ti ..
Flicks
1.5
Almost subversively so.The storytelling lacks drive, the film has no sense of time or rhythm, and the screenplay is overly reliant on ham fisted monol ..
The Stranger
3.5
Smith deploys a musical accent and a formal bearing to soften that oddball factor into a funny charm.
Cleve Land
4.1
It isnt a terrible movie, its just exactly the sort of movie youd expect from Hollywood, a platitudinous and reductive lesson thats too polite and sim ..
Ar Kansas Online
2.0
For worse and better, this Sony production, which was written and directed by Peter Landesman, is a mainstream studio movieworse because many of its f ..
Wsj
4.0
A quiet man with the courage of his convictions coupled with a refreshing lack of ego.
Killer Movie Reviews
3.5
Websters story is the moving cautionary tale that sets the film in motion.
Patriot Ledger
3.0
Viewers without a knowledge of the game will still find this an arresting drama, as the necessary facts are all clearly explained by the characters.
Scmp
2.0
But this welter of useless style is largely to compensate for a dull, repetitive script that does little to fill in procedural steps before Omalus ine ..
Straight
3.0
But its lateness doesnt preclude its goodness, or negate Will Smiths best performance in over a decade.
Cinemix Tape
3.5
Will Smith is excellent as Omalu, portraying him as a man who has studied life more than lived it.
ComingSoon
5.0
This is the rare film that can be enormously entertaining but also make a real difference.
Dead Line
2.0
Instead Omalu gets an overly earnest drama that looks out of place in 2015 in more ways than one.
Metro New York
2.5
Concussion mostly sticks to formula; its a crusading whistleblower movie, not too far from (though slightly inferior to) The Insider, both an actors s ..
Flavor Wire
3.8
A death occurs halfway through this fact based, formula underdog drama.What dies is nothing less than American idealism, as perceived by a disillusion ..
Daily Herald
3.1
This is a performance that deserves to be considered for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Awards Circuit
3.8
The film captures the essence of how an unlikely scientist forced a monumental shift in the NFL culture. Concussion gains just enough ground to score.
Mercury News
3.0
And, it should be noted, when the NFL wants to fight something, it certainly has the resources.
No La
2.5
Concussion may start off as a stirring conspiracy thriller with the best performance from Will Smith in years, but its hard to care when its wrapped i ..
The Verge
2.0
Far more effective are the scenes of regular people calling and harassing Dr. Omalu.But overall Concussion is an oddly flat movie that seems afraid to ..
Lainey Gossip
2.5
Concussion is a worthy film, but its unlikely to have much audience appeal.
Tony Mack
3.0
The science shines brightest in this confronting true story that brings shocking new meaning to the phrase contact sport.
Concrete Play Ground
2.5
Concussion isnt angry enough for a polemic, and it isnt interesting enough to be an uplifting Hollywood message movie, which means its just competent ..
New Republic
3.5
If nothing else, its a big step forward that the issue is getting the face time it deserves.
From The Balcony
2.5
And so Concussion may be the usual Hollywood based on trick, which is to say its roughly as accurate as a game of broken telephone at a Golden Globes ..
National Post
2.0
Synopsis Will Smith takes the fight to the NFL in this hard hitting biographical drama.
Sky
3.0
This film deserves to be celebrated.Not only does it have Will Smith giving one of his most gripping performances to date, its subject matter needs to ..
The New Paper
4.5
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Review Express
3.5
The story itself is powerful enough to give Concussion its punch. Its not a feel good movie, but it is a redemptive and hopeful one.
Toronto Sun
2.8
That said, the film has very little appeal after experiencing it in its entirety.
Reel Talk Online
2.0
The main culprits in Concussion are the script (stodgy and predictable), the direction (also stodgy and predictable), and frankly, time.Aaron Sorkin m ..
Blog Bullz Eye
3.1
That wasnt good enough for Concussion..The movie doesnt stick to the frightening facts behind head trauma in the NFL.
Hollywood Into To
3.5
Its hardly a blow out victory, but this David and Goliath drama does squeak its way into the end zone on its own predictable terms.
Mash Able
3.0
Intriguing and thought provoking, Concussion works, but thanks to its safe approach, it never really resonates as the important or a must see film tha ..
Cairo 360
3.1
That makes the movie consistently fascinating, even when the quality of the filmmaking itself never quite lives up to the power of the subject.
Am Ny
2.0
Even Smiths solid performance cannot salvage this dullfest, and when someone as charismatic as Will Smith cant inject energy into a film, you know its ..
Film Ireland
2.0
Facts are also subject to the needs of the movie to interpret history for drama and brevitys sake.
Toledo Blade
3.8
Its a near missed opportunity that the able cast keeps from listing with competent, nuanced performances that hold despite the rickety framework.
Cambridge Day
5.0
The movie doesnt exactly go dead at this point but the thriller cliches drag the story down.
Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.5
Fans too spend money on tickets and membership in the hope of an irreversible result.
Impulse Gamer
3.8
But the film doesnt need artifice to get across its message on the dangers of concussions.If it doesnt dramatically alter the way you view the game, y ..
Miami
3.0
Concussions true anxiety causing moments arise after the film is over, for anyone watching an actual football game.
Aarp
2.5
Omalus admirable scientific curiosity and dogged resistance to the hugely profitable NFL, which worked to discredit his theories, might make for an in ..
Commercial Appeal
2.5
As millions of football fans tune into games this weekend, its a truth that will likely be drowned out by the symphony of cheers in stadiums all acros ..
Parade
4.5
Inspiring and wonderfully acted, Concussions embrace of spirituality and science, and its coincidental pro immigration message makes all the more powe ..
The Diva Review
4.0
Would that Concussions screenwriter director Peter Landesman had made the films presentation as subversive as its message.This movie is pure studio fo ..
Daily News
2.5
The film is respectable to the point of stuffiness. Even Will Smiths effortless movie star charisma cant enliven his saintly character.
Seattle Weekly
2.5
These are compelling ideas, but Landesman doesnt quite know what to do with them.
Vogue
2.5
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Enfil Me
5.0
The Big Short is one of those rare creatures that walks the razor line between blackest comedy and deepest tragedy.It does so with a wink and a nod, b ..
The Tyee
3.8
By Bob Bloom Concussion is a David vs. Goliath story about an individual taking on one of the nations most cherished institutions.The movies biggest i ..
Reel Bob
2.5
Those expecting Concussion to tackle big ideas about the glorification of gladiatorial violence via one mans crucial discovery will be disappointed to ..
M Live
3.5
Though the film is grimly earnest, the cast raises the edges of each tragic page by finding the human flaws, and the gallows humor, that allows us to ..
Ex Press
1.9
If theres one thing you cant live without in football, its guts.Skip it.
Trib
2.5
It wants to court football fans without turning them away from the pastime, and as such regularly speaks to the beauty and elegance of the game.
Sandiego Union Tribune
3.5
Realistically, most players would probably risk it for the millions of dollars in contracts and endorsements anyway.Fans are sort of looking the other ..
Nerd Report
4.0
While it centres on sport, it is a film about power, corruption and an incredible cover up, a tale that occurred very recently.Its also a film about t ..
Rescu
2.0
Its a story absolutely worth telling, boasted by a half dozen strong performances.Its ultimate failure is in the filmmaking itself.
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