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4.5
But then it gradually becomes apparent that Curtis isnt telling a traditional love story here, and that theres more to Gleesons character than meets t ..
Den Of Geek
3.0
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa R runtime 119 minutes Wide Release Date 11/10/06 performer Christian Bale, Eva Longoria, Freddy Rodriguez dir ..
EW
3.5
In time is a story that will force you to look at your values while you enjoy a truely entertaining experience experience.
Common Sense Media
4.5
goes for the jugular at all times once, quite literally and the grainy, handheld camerawork adds to the scuzzy authenticity.
Time Out
2.5
The only thing holding together the loopily overwrought Harsh Times is its unintentional humor.
2.5
Gretchen Carlsons reign as the pageants chair has been marred by questions about her leadership: Directors of 22 state pageants called for her resigna ..
3.0
Ayers writing outpaces his skills as a director, but Harsh Times wins in the end by keeping its fingers wrapped tightly around its viewers throats.
4.5
But this film isnt seeking easy outrage; its simply enlisting our empathy and concern while documenting the effects of a corrupt system.
Rogerebert
4.0
Harsh Times is a dark and frequently torturous tale of the ways in which acceptable violence can be carried over into normal life, and its not shy abo ..
E Film Critic
4.0
This is the sort of intelligent, daring work the genre truly needs.
E Film Critic
3.0
Shot and acted on an adrenaline rush, Harsh Times has the free structure and intensity of a true indie film, but is sometimes just a little off balanc ..
3.0
Strangely, it seems to be very similar to Ayer with the gloves on except that everything is jacked up the nth degree and no effort is really made to w ..
Cinema Blend
1.5
Its a gooey indulgence, to be sure, but one that will please anybody with a cinematic sweet tooth.
Ny Daily News
3.1
Harsh Times opens with a deadly nightmare and ends with a vast bloodbath in between, things get a little gruesome.
The Globe And Mail
2.0
Takes off fast and rarely pauses along the way, but doesnt manage to take you anywhere worth going.
One Guys Opinion
3.8
Few individuals who go off to war and experience its devastation and chaos return as the same person. This factor lies at the heart of what Harsh Time ..
ReelViews
3.8
SHO2e Disturbing character study of a volatile Gulf War veteran (Christian Bale, in a tour de force performance) who snaps after hes rejected for a jo ..
Tv Guide
2.0
Christian Bale, who also executive produced, has gone to the psycho well one too many times...
3.1
The actor delivers one of his best performances, imbuing Jim with a nervous energy and volatility thats simply breathtaking.
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Jim Davis (Christian Bale) may be the most aggressively self destructive character since Johnny Boy Civello in Mean Streets.
Lariat
3.5
Where the film stumbles is in its predictably overwrought tone; Ayers seems to be trying far too hard to jolt us.
Shadows On The Wall
3.0
His character is deeply unsympathetic (hes like every beer fuelled macho idiot youve ever met) but his performance is never less than compelling becau ..
View London
4.5
Glen Wilson/Netflix) The godman problem isnt unique to India, just as blind faith isnt unique to America.
Hindustan Times
2.5
Rodriguez delivers a solid, energetic performance, but Bale is the actor to watch.
Film Journal International ..
1.9
HARSH TIMES * 1/2 Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria; rated R (violence, profanity, gore, drugs, vulgarity, brief sex, ethnic slurs).The g ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
1.3
A repetitive and pointless stoner comedy, its never funny, interesting or even tolerable. Ive rarely seen so many people checking their watches in a t ..
Internet Reviews
1.9
Its a big performance, built for a tragedy that this badly conceived movie never achieves.
Boston
1.5
If any of it rang true, this would be a dispiriting and depressing portrait of American manhood.
3.1
You dont ask me a question in my f ing province: Toronto police investigating viral video of racial confrontation at waterfront The video, which shows ..
Toronto Star
2.0
The film avoids, for the most part, any real probing of the untrusting, power hungry, unstable dynamics of Sonnys marriage; instead, spiralling chaos ..
Empire
4.0
Harsh Times is something really special, and should not be missed.
Eye For Film
3.0
Well, this one is pretty much that movie, but snarlier and even dumber.
Movies
2.5
As a character study it lacks characterization, and its too predictable to be an effective cautionary tale.
Flim Threet
3.0
Dont be too misled by the title; for all the anger and alienation it deals in, Harsh Times often feels like a black comedy.
Bbc
0.5
Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience insulting moment of it.
Time
4.0
The slang, the modes of dress, even the styles of fighting all have a high degree of specificity that lifts the movie above most urban crime dramas.
Calendar Live
1.5
Theyre played by sitcom veterans John Amos and Anna Maria Horsford, who look like theyre missing the presence of a live studio audience.)
Hollywood Reporter
2.0
That makes it look like a home movie but it doesnt make Babys First Bath gritty.Is it because its dimly lit
Hollywood
3.0
It simply never manages to find a story in the unfocused, rambling piece, merely cautionary lessons and a scared straight message.
Seattle Pi
3.1
On the one hand, this grinding interpersonal week in the life thriller is an energetic kick in the face, a no holds barred pulp fiction reveling in pe ..
Movie Freak
3.3
For all the entertaining situations they get into, the movies amusing moments are counterbalanced by a dark and dreary finale that effectively crushes ..
4.0
Christian Bale proves yet again why hes one of Britains best actors in this nightmarish, nasty but unforgettable thriller.
Mirror
1.0
swims through a fog of testosterone punctuated with infinite variations on the pronunciation of the words dude and dawg such that those words along wi ..
Killer Movie Reviews
3.1
Its only Mr. Bales fearlessly visceral performance that propels the film.
Big Picture Big Sound
3.1
Harsh Times is a series of great acting performances surrounded by a movie with no plot.
Waffle Movies
1.9
Ayer doesnt bother probing.That would be too touchy feely too testosterone challenged.
Chron
3.0
As things continue, however, Harsh Times loses some of its edge and begins to look more like a run of the mill crime drama or indeed melodrama.
Film Guardian
3.5
I like films that show the dark underbelly, and Harsh Times shows the other side of the Hollywood dream poor Angelenos, poor Mexicans.It was done on a ..
Future Movies
3.8
If youre looking for a movie thats a testament to the beauty of the human spirit... dont go anywhere near Harsh Times. If you like Christian Bale, on ..
James Sanford on Film
3.5
Jason Clarke does what hes best at, f*ck around the script like a boss.
Koimoi
4.5
This is a movie that wears its heart on its sleeve, so if youre not emotionally invested right away, youre in for a long couple of hours.
Mash Able
4.5
It recognizes that Evangelion is both a cerebral meta narrative and a mecha action anime.
Vulture
3.0
...The movie consists of waiting for what you know is going to come. Waiting some more. And then waiting some more.
Detroit News
3.8
Michael Schwartz is opening a new restaurant in an iconic Miami Beach hotel Stop trying to pretend like you dont live in Kendall.Just own it.
Miami
1.5
This plot focus made me wonder if the title of the movie shouldnt have been, About Sex.
Parent Previews
2.0
No one who reads this review will live long enough to escape the hell America has wrecked in its latest wars.
Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
Harsh Times certainly wins points for being a vivid evocation of Los Angeles criminal life; I only wish Ayer had stuck with the almost improvisational ..
Film Jerk
1.5
But the concept and casting shouldnt be the most magical parts of a fantasy film, no matter how enchanting its message is.
Bbc
3.8
All things ogre Test your Shrek knowledge By Laura Samuel Meyn McClatchy Newspapers He belches, he yells and, according to his friends, he smells, but ..
Twin Cities
3.8
These are guys searching for what it means to be a man either a lover or a fighter and discovering that their friendship will never be the same.
Chicago Tribune
2.0
If more action propelled this water treading plot, Ayer might have produced the mean streets classic that Harsh Times aspires to be.
Reel Times: Reflections on ..
4.5
Admittedly, Armageddon Time isnt the subtlest of pictures, as racism, elitism, class and wealth get poured into the melting pot.
MSN
3.8
The mix of black humor and pitiless drama makes for a very effective cinematic slow burn
Madison
3.8
This is a powerful film that combines a number of what if situations with some true tragic moments and even a number of oddly funny situations.
Sun Times
2.5
No such luck is likely this go round, despite the fact that this automobile intensive buddy drama is rather reminiscent of Ayers other hit flick.
BlackFilm.com
3.8
We dont like the view from this dark place, but is that a flaw or precisely the point
3.0
HARSH TIMES is a portrait of a male dominated world and inChristian Bales fierce performance, Ayer has found the perfect actor. Its just unfortunate t ..
Murphys Movie Reviews
4.5
While this movie isnt his best performance, its not intended to be.
Cross Walk
3.0
The characters are full of holes and inconsistencies, and after 90 minutes of impending doom, the final crisis feels forced.
Independent (UK)
1.5
Unpleasantly grim and often nasty just to be nasty, writer director David Ayers Harsh Times is more an ordeal than a movie.
News Google
2.0
Unfortunately, Miller cant decide whether hes doing a relationship movie or one about the intrigue of world class winemaking. Mingling the two left me ..
1.5
A movie that seems gritty and pointless for its first third, begins to grow in meaning as the pointlessness snowballs into absurdity and then tragedy.
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