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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Nothing less than a miracle saved France, The Messenger tells us, and nothing less than a miracle would be needed to rescue this film from itself. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: The English are uniformly and broadly portrayed as villainous louts, and today's four-letter oaths sound laughably anachronistic. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Both visually spectacular and staggeringly awful. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: Read more
Steve Murray, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Half-baked. Read more
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: It's hard to recommend it to people who like action and blood because of all the talking; and, because of all the blood, it's hard to recommend it to those who might be interested in the talk. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Read more
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Charles Taylor, Salon.com: I've never left a Luc Besson movie not thinking that the guy has Froot Loops for brains. Read more
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Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic: Milla Jovovich, who plays Joan, is a young woman who has been unmemorable in several pictures. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: The lack of a plausible leading lady is enough to sink what is otherwise an eye-catching, although heavily '90s-style, telling of one of history's most frequently filmed stories. Read more
J. Hoberman, Village Voice: Besson seems to have no sense that Joan herself was giving a performance. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Like its almost-demented heroine, The Messenger is unnervingly consumed with energy. Read more