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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawMaybe a little unexpectedly, Amazon Studios have given us a very watchable and classily upscale espionage drama-thriller in the spirit of John le Carré.
- 75IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandCome for the espionage thrills, stay for the wrenching dissection of what it means to really love someone. That’s what really cuts deep.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleLooking back over All the Old Knives, it might be more accurate to call it a spy romance, except that makes it sound titillating. Better to say it’s a movie about the consequences of trying to stay human while working in the spy business.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe storytelling moves along at a steady hum, maintaining intrigue as different pieces of the puzzle come together.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganIt is silkily persuasive in its own hot-sleuthy way.
- 70VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanI’m glad to report that All the Old Knives is a minor but engrossing genre movie: tightly wound, more or less rooted in the real world, with taut dialogue and espionage gambits that fall just this side of contrived. It’s not John le Carré, but it’s not thinly patched together pulp either.
- 70Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThe twists are somewhat predictable; a twist within a twist is reasonably satisfying. But this is the kind of movie that relies less on surprises than chemistry. And Pine and Newton’s is fine, nothing more. In fact their conversation is far more magnetic than their romantic scenes.
- At the end of the day, however, one will walk away satisfied with the characters and moved by a bleak and tragic ending, but left with little to carry in their memory. Ironically, a film about the painful suspicions of the past and the aching nature of memory is largely unmemorable.
- 50Screen RantRachel LaBonteScreen RantRachel LaBonteAll the Old Knives lacks innovation, but it still serves up an entertaining ride thanks to Pine and Newton's twisty dynamic.
- 42The PlaylistRobert DanielsThe PlaylistRobert DanielsIt’s all pastiche; all surfaces with nothing below. And it leaves one cold.