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U/A (INDIA)
2013
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Positive Reviews
77
Negative reviews
43
Average Rating
2.7
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2.0
Snitch toys with moral ambiguity and fatalism before losing its nerve and delivering the action movie goods in a climax that hews closer to fantasy th ..
Av Club
1.5
It turns out wrestling and cinema arent so different after all: Theyre just two different sweaty, testosterone soaked forms of hyper masculine storyte ..
Av Club
3.0
The film tries to paint in shades of gray with vague criticisms of the war on drugs, but the absurdity of its he man Everyman plot ends up turning its ..
EW
3.1
What makes Snitch relatively effective is the lack of action solutions to every problem.
Rogerebert
3.0
But for an action thriller with a message (that drug sentencing laws for first time offenders are massively unfair), Snitch moves at a good clip and l ..
Common Sense Media
1.5
Designed to make empathetic citizens question the system, this strangely compelling issue pic plays less to auds hearts than to their craving for test ..
Variety
4.0
But dont blame Snitch for the failings of its trailer meet it on its own terms, terms of menace and suspense, and youll be well rewarded.And dont worr ..
We Got This Covered
1.5
Ultimately, despite some lively action sequences, the film is much more a confused yet tense and suspenseful thriller.
Austin Chronicle
1.3
A certain tendency of the American cinema is to confuse dramatic seriousness with moral seriousness.
3.1
Snitch is protein and starch filmmaking at its utilitarian and belly filling best.
3.0
The films first half is weighed down by cliched dialogue and clunky drama.
Screen Daily
2.5
He does occasionally give us some ethereal cityscapes, as if hes maybe aiming for the understated grandeur of a Michael Mann movie but all that does i ..
Vulture
3.0
Sarandons ambitious crime buster remains unfortunately one dimensional.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Ultimately, despite some lively action sequences, the film is much more a confused yet tense and suspenseful thriller.
2.5
But an excellent Barry Pepper hanging around the edges makes all the waiting and talking more bearable.
2.5
Finally, theres the outside chance that everyone connected with this movie is an idiot and considers the actions of the protagonist perfectly sensible ..
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Do not believe the hype: its really an issues drama about punitive prison sentences and plea deals that occasionally slips into being an action movie.
2.0
If only director Ric Roman Waughs film had taken a lesson in dexterity from the big man who stars in it, Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
Ny Daily News
4.0
Its not off the wall action, but its thrilling in its own low key way and highly recommended.
JoBlo
3.0
Its not the action movie that some viewers might have been expecting but thats not a bad thing since it delivers a surprisingly immersive character dr ..
Screen Rant
3.8
Its all rather refreshing and even inspiring in its own modest fashion, a tribute to the utilitarian skills of the solid craftsman and the honest jour ..
The Globe And Mail
3.1
The big rigs can only screech and make loud, downshifting noises on steeper grades.
Philly
3.0
But by trying to pass muster as a conventional action movie while delivering its message, it comes up a mite short.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Its nominal outrage over the severity of our nations sentencing laws for first time drug offenders is quickly subsumed by a jacked up narrative of a f ..
Village Voice
3.1
Mostly, though, that slow pacing robs the story of tension and suspense.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
And the hand held shakiness doesnt stop when the chases and shootings end.
ReelViews
2.0
A political statement.Its a muddle of ideas and moods, and too many of them are not worth the price of admission.
Blu Ray
3.1
While the movie provides its central characters some unexpected depth, there is not much room for them to move outside of the plot.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Stunt man turned writer director Ric Roman Waugh makes an average action thriller that lacks a believable story, characters you can sympathize with an ..
3.0
Stunt man turned writer director Ric Roman Waugh makes an average action thriller that lacks a believable story, characters you can sympathize with an ..
2.0
When I saw this film I was reminded of a documentary film I saw last year called The House I Live In which explores the disaster of Americas War on Dr ..
Lariat
2.0
Snitch is an action movie without the fun, and a social drama without the depth.
Eric Ds Nider
2.8
Snitch isnt great, but its a serviceably good action film featuring good lead performances and a decent supporting cast.
News Review
3.0
To be accurate and dispel any thoughts that might be entering your head, this isnt Oscar caliber material, nor is it brilliant anyway one might look a ..
Screen It
3.5
And sure enough, there are plenty of rough and nasty car chases and shootouts.
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
3.0
In addition, the pacing drags considerably in the middle section, since theres actually very little in the way of plot development.The performances ar ..
View London
2.5
Laugh if you will; no one buying a ticket to Snitch will be expecting a documentary.
News Day
2.5
Director Ric Roman Waugh, a former stuntman who co wrote the script with Justin Haythe, courts audience boredom by hewing to small screen style for mu ..
New York Post
3.5
How Matthews extricates himself from both feds and dealers could have made an exciting movie on its own, but director Ric Roman Waugh wants Snitch to ..
Film Journal International ..
2.5
If you are looking for adult tone without R rated content, this could be your candidate.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
Not that it would have to make sense if it were a little more entertaining.
Az Central
3.1
(Although, again, you probably shouldnt scrutinize the true story assertion too closely.).The storytelling is slick we sort of need DEA agent Barry Pe ..
Boston
2.0
I havent decided whether Mr. Waugh is actually on a fools errand or merely charged with a thankless task, but the film doesnt really work in either in ..
Mountain X
3.0
Sober messages on social justice may come in many forms, but the dumb spectacle of a runaway semitruck swatting cars off the expressway isnt one of th ..
Npr
3.8
Johnsons bulked up, skinheaded hard case appearance often blinds us to what a versatile and compelling actor he can be.Snitch is a welcome reminder.
Star Tribune
3.1
The ambition is admirable, as is Johnsons effort, but the casting is questionable.
Toronto Star
2.0
Dwayne Johnson continues to develop as an actor in this well produced thriller, which quite effectively blends conventions of actioner, social problem ..
Emanuellevy
2.0
Teeth are gritted, shaven heads stroked, families hugged, moist eyes blinked but its the sight of big things getting smashed to pieces that endures, a ..
Guardian
2.0
Ex stuntman Ric Roman Waugh is over fond of hand held camerawork, which makes the action hard to watch and borderline incoherent.
Daily Mail
3.0
Overall its a solid thriller that hints at a life beyond blockbusters for its leading man.
Flim List
4.0
Review by Louise Keller: Delivering above expectations, Snitch ratchets it up beyond the average superficial action thriller in its portrayal of a gri ..
3.5
So this is not your usual Dwayne The Rock Johnson movie, filled with mindless violence.
Susang Ranger
3.0
During the 95 minutes of undemanding viewing youll spend with this film on an upcoming Saturday night, youll easily pretend that the lone good guy wit ..
Movies
2.0
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Boston Herald
3.0
A family man goes undercover to help bring down a drug cartel in a plea bargain to reduce the prison sentence of his son Jason (Rafi Gavron).
Express
3.8
Large, in charge and nobodys little Margie: Dwayne Johnson takes on the drug kingpins in Snitch..Place your bets!
Chicago Tribune
2.0
Its meant to inject some excitement into the material, but the addition of the cartel subplot and an action heavy finale only makes it seem even more ..
Bullz-Eye
2.0
Director and co writer Ric Roman Waugh is a veteran stunt coordinator, but hes more interested in inspirational melodrama and clumsy social commentary ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
A thoughtful, slow boiling, politically charged thriller. It takes an hour for Dwayne to become The Rock, but its worth the wait.
Total Film
3.5
Dont be afraid to tell anyone Snitch is a must see for drama/action fans.
Lyles Movie Files
2.0
Try another or register with your social account This crime drama, based on a script by Justin Revolutionary Road Haythe, wants to be so much more tha ..
Standard
3.0
When the list of the years most eminently forgettable films is drawn up at the end of 2013, Snitch will likely be near the top.
Detroit News
4.3
The films slow build in order to develop these characters does eventually pay off by leading into an exciting third act filled with tension and a fant ..
3.1
In its modern way, Snitch is almost Dickensian in its intent, missing no opportunity for melodramatic confrontation as it puts a (baby) face on a soci ..
Groucho Reviews
3.8
Keeping the action at a believable level not only makes it more exciting, it also allows it to serve the characters and the theme rather than overshad ..
Aisle Seat
3.8
While those expecting a nonstop shoot em up are bound to walk away disappointed, others who can recognize the film for what it truly is a thinly veile ..
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
SNITCH is a perfectly serviceable action movie and Johnson continues to take chances as an actor.
Maki At The Movies
2.0
Snitch contains quite a few conflicting ideas about its subject matter.
3.0
This core storyline of a father risking everything for his family has been seen many times before, and Snitch doesnt exactly reinvent the wheel.
Cine Vue
2.0
Snitch falls somewhere between being a talky, war on drugs issues drama and full tilt thriller.
Digital Spy
3.0
But mostly there is Johnsons good performance, more solid than a Rock.
Tamp A Bay
3.0
Despite this fundamental barrier to verisimilitude, Snitch manages to remain reasonably entertaining throughout.
Flicks
1.3
* (out of four) If I know ruthless drug dealers (which I dont, but still), I really dont think you can just approach their operation and say you want ..
Red Eye Chicago
2.5
In spite of some logical flaws, Snitch works because John doesnt morph into some death defying action hero.
Stl Today
0.5
We could overlook the anachronisms if the story moved fast enough.
Stl Today
3.5
It doesnt take long for Johnson to earn everyones trust (he is charismatic after all) but soon hes in too deep.
Screen Crush
2.5
The plot, which is not without its useful intentions, requires a tougher treatment of the material than this film is willing to tackle.
Dustin Put Man
3.5
This gives the film a darkly honest tone that pulls out real suspense and even some welcome moments of light relief.
Contact Music
3.5
It is easy to fault Snitch for trying to be two seemingly incompatible films at once. I, for one, am deeply grateful that Waugh does a passable job of ..
Ar Kansas Online
2.5
Theres a difference between intensity and emotional intensity, something Johnson has problems navigating and calibrating.
Hollywood And Fine
3.1
As the middling drug dealer, Michael Kenneth Williams pretty much steals every scene hes in with an emotion and force that makes you really examine ho ..
2.5
Instead, it settles for contrivances, melodrama and absurd action that comes completely out of left field and feels studio mandated.
Js Online
3.0
Snitch Synopsis In the fast paced action thriller, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime ..
Movie Web
2.5
While the script takes truly compelling material and turns it into often weak dialogue that escalates down a path you cant buy into, four things make ..
Hollywood Chicago
2.5
The film is more drama than action, and the pacing suffers as a result.
Cinemix Tape
3.8
Snitch is better than it has any reason being because of the phenomenal acting, led by Dwayne Johnsons best performance ever.
Awards Circuit
0.5
A fun concept brought down to stultifyingly low levels by an interminable running time and a musical score that never changes its tone.
Crave Online
2.0
This frowning, mostly funless effort logs the action with bluntly defined secondary characters.
Metro
2.0
But minor as it may be, Snitch effectively illustrates the great heights we occasionally rise to for the ones we love.
Movie Mezzanine
3.1
I certainly dont want to oversell the film ... Still, moviegoers finding themselves between The Rock and a hard place say, an auditorium showing the n ..
Clclt
3.0
Snitch is a decent little crime thriller that pokes into some of the uglier nooks and crannies of the mandatory minimum laws for drug offences.
Jam! Movies
1.5
All this is done to give the audience a chilling This could happen to anyone feeling, but it just doesnt wash.But regardless of the leaps in logic and ..
Fat Guys At The Movies
3.0
Anyone who has seen Johnsons previous action roles will know exactly the tone Snitch achieves.
The National
2.0
Drab, unattractive, and unimaginatively directed, the bulk of Snitch is a lumbering drag, a sanitized PG 13 rendition of a season of The Wire that fee ..
Film Blather
3.0
In a welcome change of gear, over sized action man Dwayne The Rock Johnson puts aside his usual repertoire of grunts, wisecracks...and rampant machine ..
Tiny Url
2.0
We never feel the sense of peril that would create some tension, and we miss the expected sense of satisfaction when no cans of whup ass are opened.
Movie Mom
1.5
Its tired, awkward and empty.The logical lapses mount as the movie goes on, until in the last scenes, absolutely no effort is made to address why a dy ..
Entertainment Time
3.0
First off, this is probably the most impressive performance that Johnson has given on film.
Media Mikes
4.5
Sarandon oozes self absorption and whats in it for me, all to striking effect.
3.1
But he also proves that every good performer and every good story needs an equally good director.
Sf Examiner
3.5
Snitch runs close to two hours, and its a credit to Summit Entertainment that they didnt reduce it to 90 minutes of Mexican drug loons trying to run J ..
Grant Land
2.0
While Snitch never falls into being truly bad, there arent any really good moments worth mentioning.
The Scorecard Review
2.0
If the story wanted to stick closer to reality, it shouldve seriously toned down its over the top climactic sequences.
Johnhanlon Reviews
2.0
A U.S. attorney cannot authorize the set up of a civilian drug sting. Can you imagine the liability concerns if something goes wrong And, because this ..
Movie Chambers
3.0
Like the mandatory sentencing laws it puts under the spotlight, this truth based thriller doesnt mess about.
Sky
3.5
Based on true events, Snitch can get slow at points but what it lacks in action it makes up for in story, and right now that seems like a fair trade.
Schmoes Know
1.5
Despite its apparent compromises to noble finger wagging (initially) and requisite fist pumping (eventually), Waugh has fashioned a sturdy character f ..
Film.com
1.0
Spurious isnt the word. Po faced anti drug film based on the silliest legal loophole ever.
Little White Lies
3.8
Its a refreshingly small scale story, more gripping than it is thrilling.
MLive.com
3.5
Overall Snitch aims to entertain and yank a parental heartstring.
Hey U Guys
3.0
If you can get past the awkward political misstep, the blatantness of every encounter, and scrape through the heavy handed family drama, what youre le ..
2.9
Instead the film plods along, with a strong performance from Johnson buried in a boring movie that just cant pick up the speed it needs.
Flixist
3.0
Kardashian will have done nothing more to merit it, but The Rock has the charisma, the talent and the time.
Bad Ass Digest
3.0
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Birmingham Mail
1.5
The pieces for a competent action drama are there, but they never come together.
D Cist
2.5
Can You, In Fact, Smell What The Rock Is Cooking.Please, this is a serious film.
Blogs Houston Press
3.0
Snitch isnt anyones idea of a great film, but it aspires to be a good one.
Mania.com
2.5
Its not hard to imagine someone pitching this scenario as Breaking Bad meets Taken, with the fish out of water novelty of the former and the moral sim ..
7 Dvt
3.8
Contrary to the suggestion of its misleading trailer, its not really an action movie but a slow burning and legitimate neo noir the type of dark but n ..
Commercial Appeal (Memphis ..
3.0
And as for Dwayne Johnson, Snitch shows that The Rock can indeed flex his acting chops beyond doofus comedies and brainless brawn if given the opportu ..
American Profile
2.0
Snitch will offer a handful of excitement, but nothing that is worth rushing out for.
Jo Reviews
3.8
Drama and suspense fuel a surprisingly effective thriller, more than car chases and action.
Rss Feeds Usa Today
3.8
Dwayne Johnson officially leaves his Rockness behind in the thoughtful, gritty Snitch
Big Hollywood
3.1
While this is an extremely unlikely and farfetched scenario, Ill be damned if it doesnt work.
2.0
Snitch makes entertaining work of entwining elements of family drama, raw action and a message movie without feeling trite or heavy handed.
Events Austin 360
1.5
The latest project from stuntman turned director Ric Roman Waugh valiantly attempts to serve two masters and manages to come up a bit short in both ge ..
News Ok
3.5
This is the sort of threadbare thriller that doesnt have the wherewithal to be amazing but, happily, that didnt stop everybody involved from actually ..
Deads
2.0
A thriller that hints at gangbusters action, but delivers some of the weakest, most ineptly photographed action scenes in memory
Technology Tell
2.0
Less of a mindless, violent action film (which weve had enough of, at least for a few months) and more of a suspense thriller and not a bad one at tha ..
Spectrum (St. George, Utah ..
3.8
Its a gritty drama, not an action movie, and Johnson is playing a regular guy instead of a Superman.
Ticket Sarasota
2.5
An unbelievable tale of a good dad who has to work with the bad guys to save his son from jail.
Screen Wize
1.5
But then Meryl Streep doesnt have Marisa Tomeis way with mascara.
Bloom Berg
3.1
The premise is silly, and Wirkola doesnt even attempt to make the movie smarter than its title.
Foresth Art Man
4.5
Serious action thriller filmmaking for a change in Hollywood, bristling with the strange connection between drug cartels and the US government when it ..
WBAI Radio
3.0
Snitchs storyline has distinct echoes of Breaking Bad but its hard to say where to place it on the proverbial TV dial due to its sometimes clumsy shif ..
1.3
The incredibly moronic premise has no heft or momentum. Not a moment is believable and the whole thing just hurts.
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