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30 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteIf you're interested in heavy-lidded moodiness and lots of attitude, Phillippe and Del Toro can't be beat.
- 80Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIt's good fun for bad boys.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanPlays like an unusually ritzy festival circuit audition film, though McQuarrie, it must be said, aces the audition.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanWay of the Gun is a self-consciously American odyssey.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsA confused, empty, only occasionally funny mess of a movie.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickFalters seriously is its too-leisurely pacing.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonWhat pulls us along through the inky shoals of The Way of the Gun? Sheer style, plus the movie's refusal to play nice.
- 58Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganA movie that drags.
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldEdgy, hard-boiled crime drama that is very much in this Tarantino-esque tradition.
- 40TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceIn the end the film has absolutely nothing to say.