Absolute Power: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 45 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

42

Full Review » 15 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

Mr. Hackman languishes in the smallish role of a White House buffoon, with Judy Davis equally cartoonish as his witchy chief of staff.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

50

Unintentional yuks litter an otherwise somber political thriller adapted from David Baldacci's novel.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

88

Not many thrillers slow down to notice relationships, but this one does.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

Ultimately, this is a thriller in vain search of credible thrills.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Charles Taylor Salon.com (Top Critic)

The picture might have gotten by if Eastwood had given it some impudent wit. But he directs to the rhythm of his facial muscles.
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

A fairly routine thriller that gets high marks as a result of tight pacing and top-notch acting.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Richard Corliss TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

The plot is a doomsday version of Bill Clinton's Paula Jones problem, but the theme is impending mortality--settling scores before time's up.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

Almost a drawing room thriller, unhurried and genteel but enlivened with suspense and surprising bursts of sly, even biting, humor.
Full Review » 11 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

60

...Eastwood makes what he can of a nifty, though implausible, what-if idea.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

Eastwood films with his usual effortless pace, generating suspense practically out of thin air.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Angie Errigo Empire Magazine

Full Review » 4 years ago
Gemma Files eye WEEKLY

Full Review » 4 years ago
Film4

60

Not one of Clint's best, but still better-than-average entertainment.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Maitland McDonagh TV Guide's Movie Guide

63

One begins to long for a good explosion.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

60

Contrived and dawdling.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Geoff Andrew Time Out

Doesn't rank with Eastwood's best work as actor/director, but it's nevertheless solidly enjoyable.
Full Review » 6 years ago
JoBlo JoBlo's Movie Emporium

60

A pretty decent suspense movie, until its last half hour or so, which ends on a flaccid note and doesn't generate the needed resolution for the solid build-up that came before.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com

63

For all the suspense the film does generate, the fairly flat climax is a disappointing payoff.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness

42

Dunderheaded fantasy about noble thieves and corrupt commander-in-chiefs.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

50

Good actors elevate this disappointing and lame effort by a respected filmmaker.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

17

...suffers from the same pathology as Bridges of Madison County; a weakness of source material.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

80

Full Review » 8 years ago
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews

40

The plot and its resolution requires simply too much disbelief to be suspended by the audience...
Full Review » 9 years ago
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central

40

Full Review » 9 years ago