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Metascore
29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe film is a genuinely gripping tale about international terrorism that hopscotches across three continents.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie proceeds quickly, seems to know its subject matter, is fascinating in its portrait of the inner politics and structure of the terrorist group, and comes uncomfortably close to reality. But what holds it together is the Cheadle character.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAn uncommonly intelligent espionage thriller that explores the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by agents who go deep undercover in the service of their country.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldA tough, taut, mostly well-executed morality parable and thriller that explores some of the bitter ironies of this strange religious vendetta in which America unwittingly finds itself.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsProblems aside, this is a good, twisty, absorbing work.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigCan't seem to decide whether it wants to be an edge-of-the-seat action thriller or a more contemplative and intellectual drama about religion and terrorism. Somehow, in trying to have it both ways, it doesn't completely succeed at either.
- 60VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyBrandishes physical verisimilitude and intelligent seriousness but proves unable to really get inside its chameleon-like central character.
- 58Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowIt's Cheadle's rich emotionality and sense of humor that have gone seriously missing in Traitor.
- 50Village VoiceChuck WilsonVillage VoiceChuck WilsonThe movie's first hour is well-done, but realism and insight go out the window as soon as Samir crosses the U.S. border.
- 40The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyThe filmmakers, I think, got in over their heads and couldn't decide whether they were making an action thriller or a drama of conscience; they wound up flubbing both.