McCanick 2014

Rex Reed, New York Observer: The only reason to suffer through a grim wack job called McCanick is to see the late Cory Monteith in his last film role. Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: A fine performance by Cory Monteith isn't enough to salvage this drably derivative, infuriatingly improbable police drama. Read more

Martin Tsai, Los Angeles Times: The premise that bruised feelings can get blown so far out of proportion and propel a veteran cop to risk his reputation and jettison his entire career is simply preposterous. Read more

Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News: It's a shame the script doesn't offer anything beyond loose-cannon-cop cliches. Read more

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: The dour "McCanick" banks way too much on what it is not telling us, making for a movie that thinks it's being cryptically suspenseful but is really just annoying. Read more

Inkoo Kang, Village Voice: [A] numbingly inert series of dirty-cop cliches that abruptly builds to an ephemerally poignant climax. Read more