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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorDirector Brian De Palma is having too much fun zipping around curves and hitting the accelerator to slow down. He's a supremely confident engineer, and if you're game enough to make a jump for it and hold on, he offers the giddy excitement of watching the ground rush by beneath your dangling feet.
- 90Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonExciting, smart and enormously enjoyable.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA sleek, whooshingly entertaining update of the vintage television series.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe bottom line on a film like this is, Tom Cruise looks cool and holds our attention while doing neat things that we don't quite understand--doing them so quickly and with so much style that we put our questions on hold, and go with the flow.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis movie isn't a disaster, but, all things considered, there's little reason to make it a high priority for theatrical viewing.
- 50Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisWhatever the reason for its disappointments, Mission: Impossible is a mission gone awry, prompting you to hope that reruns of its television incarnation will pop up on cable soon.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittSome of the suspense set-pieces are impressive, but the picture would pack a greater wallop if it were stitched together more tightly and consistently.
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumEvery effect is so calculated that only the conscious minds of filmmakers and viewers are engaged--and not by very much or for very long.
- 30Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonHumorless, charmless and flat.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's the worst kind of convoluted thriller -- it can never unravel satisfactorily because there's nothing simple at its center, just more confusion.