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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenDirector James Cameron always works on a mega- canvas, yet he's brought off something unique here.
- 90The New York TimesThe New York TimesMuch of the appeal of True Lies comes from the smooth grafting of battle-of-the-sexes comedy onto a high-tech action picture.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliOne of the best things about True Lies is that it's genuinely funny.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanTrue Lies is so eager to give you a giddy good time that you're more than happy to let it work you over. It's a likably disposable pop cocktail.
- 80EmpireCaroline WestbrookEmpireCaroline WestbrookThe net result is unbeatably good fun, helped along by that inherent fantasy that one man can create global mayhem without stopping to worry who's going to clean up afterwards.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAs the perfectionist creator of bravura set pieces, Cameron is still the leader of the pack. [14 Jul 1994 Pg. F1]
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe director, James Cameron, is a master of action (he worked with Schwarzenegger on "Terminator 2"), and when he's doing his thing, no one does it better.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe comedy is extremely broad (with Curtis eliciting almost as many laughs as Schwarzenegger), the action sequences are as well crafted as one can expect from Cameron, and the meaning is as root basic as anyone would wish.
- 60Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThis mixture of comedy and super-agent spectacle works well at first. But when Schwarzenegger's family and working worlds link up -- an inevitable development -- the plot becomes increasingly ridiculous and overwrought.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovThe catch is, once you get past the stunning special effects and the mind-numbing stuntwork, there's not all that much there.