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Kate Beckinsale and Matt Dillon in Nothing But the Truth (2008)

Metacritic reviews

Nothing But the Truth

64

Metascore

12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
  • 83
    Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
    Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
    Lurie hits closer to the bone here than he did in his ham-handed "The Contender" (2000).
  • 80
    The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
    The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
    A typically intelligent if occasionally overwritten political thriller, boasting a powerhouse cast.
  • 75
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Rolling StonePeter Travers
    Lurie has crafted a different kind of thriller, one with a mind and a heart.
  • 75
    The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
    The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
    Mostly, Nothing But The Truth operates a lot like Billy Ray's "Shattered Glass" and "Breach," offering up the sort of no-nonsense, meat-and-potatoes docudrama that's in short supply these days.
  • 70
    VarietyTodd McCarthy
    VarietyTodd McCarthy
    Competently constructed and nicely acted by Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga.
  • 70
    Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
    Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
    In the spirit of its title, Nothing but the Truth pivots on a plot twist that's both good and fair. And kudos to the ever-earnest Beckinsale for surviving a prison brawl as splatterific as anything Mickey Rourke had to endure in "The Wrestler."
  • 60
    New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
    New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
    A fairly gripping cautionary tale.
  • 50
    The New York TimesManohla Dargis
    The New York TimesManohla Dargis
    Nothing but the Truth has nothing much at all to do with the historical record, which wouldn't be bad if it offered something persuasive and worthwhile in return, like a reckoning of journalism and its abuses.
  • 40
    Los Angeles Times
    Los Angeles Times
    Lurie spins off into invention like a "Law & Order" writer on deadline, scrambling the issues so thoroughly it's no longer clear what, if anything, the movie is meant to address.
  • 38
    New York PostKyle Smith
    New York PostKyle Smith
    Nothing But the Truth is like listening to the fourth-best debater in middle school present a term paper called "Politics, Power and the Media."
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