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42 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttSalt moves ever forward -- pushing, pushing, pushing its heroine to greater feats every minute. It doesn't stop for martinis, either shaken or stirred, or any other detours. The movie is lean and muscular, looking for action even in situations where a little sleight of hand might have done the trick.
- 80New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFast-moving, exciting and contains more twists than a tunnel under Checkpoint Charlie.
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondIn a crackerjack and very lean 100 minutes, the lithe and physically dynamic Jolie burns up the screen and shows the boys how it's done.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSalt knows how to stay one step ahead of you in devious, if jaw-droppingly contrived, ways. The movie is fun, dammit. So who cares, really, if it's trash?
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangAs a fierce superspy and mistress of many disguises, Jolie represents the one indisputably kickass element in this brisk, professionally assembled but finally shrug-inducing thriller.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceFrom the start, this character plays to the star's strengths, merging subject and object, warrior and victim, ass-kicker and damsel-in-distress. And hero and villain.
- 50Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzSuffice it to say that it's something that would make Austin Powers blush, baby, but it's not supposed to be funny.
- 50Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallSalt is a movie constantly painting itself into corners then tromping out with arbitrary twists and action distractions.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichJolie must eventually become a comic-book supergirl impervious to explosions and bullets, all the better to set up a "Bourne"-like franchise by the final fade-out.