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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: Hackford and company don't deliver in Proof of Life. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: The film is still paint-by-numbers. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Proof of life? Only at the end of the movie. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: What ultimately sinks this stylish but heartless film is a flat lead performance by the eternally snippy Meg Ryan. Read more
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: In a year of so many so-so movies, Proof of Life is the so-soest. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: This Taylor Hackford-directed, Tony Gilroy-written film, solidly and professionally made though it is, is nowhere near as engrossing as looking for signs of life between the two lead performers. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The overriding feel of this film: purposelessness. Read more
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com: Well directed, superbly acted, full of conflicting emotions and has subtle psychological shifts in loyalties. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: There's much in Proof to excite and involve you. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: When it's dull, which it is too often for a kidnap caper, this movie is about a woman chirping 'notice anything new about my outfit?' to a man whose idea of style is a jacket not crusted in human blood. Read more
John Anderson, Newsday: Hackford bookends his movie with some terrific action sequences, but the center is a void. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Read more
Larry Worth, Associated Press: Proof...verifies that quality filmmaking triumphs over tabloid gossip. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The movie's impressive look cannot fully compensate for the uneven and partially involving nature of the overall story. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I was interested all through the movie--interested, but not riveted. Read more
Michael Sragow, Salon.com: For all its nail-biting fusillades, it fails to score a shot to the heart. Read more
Wesley Morris, San Francisco Chronicle: Emotionally off kilter. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: Story's backdrop is interesting and relevant, but nearly everything that has been placed in the foreground is hackneyed and lacking in imagination. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Proof of Life isn't a movie. It's an overpriced scrapbook. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: It's the same old story, a fight for love and glory, except that time goes by . . . slowwwwly. Read more