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37 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThis is real edge-of-your-seat stuff, in a throwback way - no booming special effects, just old-school timing and execution.
- 75Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger Moore"The Debt," a very good 2007 Israeli thriller with Cold War and Holocaust connections, earns a nerve-wracking and entertaining Hollywood remake.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe film's a potboiler but a gripping one, and it leaves you chewing on both its nuances and implausibilities.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe acting is superb across-the-board, with the three younger performers deserving accolades.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaWhat the three pairs of actors lack in semblance (or resemblance), they make up for to a great extent in their performances.
- 75St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonSt. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonThe Debt eventually settles into a predictable groove that slightly undercuts its impact. Still, it's a film of ambition and substance.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinMadden's dark, moody, complex exploration of guilt and identity taps into a rich vein of moral ambiguity, but the filmmakers should know that in the face of unspeakable Nazi evil, the romantic problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAs The Debt grows more complex and suspenseful, it also becomes more literal, losing some of its dramatic intensity.
- 63Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerIts performances are resourceful and affecting, with Chastain and Worthington in the past sequences, and Mirren and Wilkinson in the later chapters, exuding a complicated mess of responsibility, guilt, sacrifice, revenge, and regret.
- 60MovielineMovielineThe Debt shortchanges itself severely with the weight it gives the portion of its story set further in the past.