The Last Castle: Critic Reviews

80%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

40

Devolves into a mundane warden-versus-inmate conclusion.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Rita Kempley Washington Post (Top Critic)

40

A heavy-handed military prison melodrama.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

The Last Castle is the kind of movie you can enjoy easily enough, as long as you don't think about it much.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Michael Atkinson Village Voice (Top Critic)

Bizarre, confused, sanctimonious manure.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Steven Rosen Denver Post (Top Critic)

If Castle isn't offensive, it is deeply stupid.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

The immediate experience of watching The Last Castle is strongly involving, and the action at the end, exciting.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

88

The story is a stirring vehicle for serious themes embodied by sharply drawn characters.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

Once you strip away the red, white and blue bunting, the film we're left with is one swell action sequence -- a prison riot -- and every prison movie cliche in the (1940s vintage) book.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

When the screen finally darkens and the doors open for our release, we come away mildly entertained by the experience, although definitely grateful to get off with time served.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Stephanie Zacharek Salon.com (Top Critic)

The themes that ring out most loudly in the end -- some men are just born leaders; others do best if they just conform -- are numbingly retrograde.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

40

It's not objectionable (which is saying something these days) but neither does it have any compelling reason to be seen.
Full Review » 11 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

75

Lurie's first attempt at a larger-scale production isn't entirely successful...
Full Review » 9 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

80

Os dialogos sao otimos, os dois antagonistas sao bem desenhados e corretamente vividos por seus interpretes, mas e uma pena que, nos ultimos minutos, torne-se formulaico demais.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Tom Grealis RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

20

After impressing with his debut, former film critic Lurie has destroyed all of his credibility in the space of two hours with this display of jaundiced jingoism.
Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

20

Robert Redford's military prison drama contains cruel and unusual punishment -- for the audience.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Joshua Tyler CinemaBlend.com

The sap is only occassional, but the poignancy is muted.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Sanford Kalamazoo Gazette

generates almost palpable heat when its protagonist and antagonist square off against each other.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frank Ochieng Movie Eye

50

The movie's poster advertises "a castle can only have one king". That may be true, but how come this "Last Castle" has so many jesters?
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mark Dujsik Mark Reviews Movies

88

Serves as an intense drama, an intelligent thriller, and an intriguing character study wrapped into a solidly constructed package.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 3BlackChicks Review

100

If I had a castle, I'd want General Irwin on my side.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jorge Avila Andrade Moviola

75

Interesante alegoria sobre el valor de la libertad, entretenimiento de alto nivel y bien pensado
Full Review » 10 years ago
Nev Pierce BBC

60

Not a serious prison flick, but director Lurie finds fresh ways to frame familiar situations, and pulls it off with enough tongue-in-cheek wit.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

50

It is not a realistic story at all and it is predictable and derivative.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International

In spite of its faults, Lurie's film cannot be easily dismissed.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Eugene Novikov Film Blather

84

An uncommonly riveting motion picture
Full Review » 10 years ago