June 25, 2009
I think they tried to be shocking, but they couldn't have been more predictable.
Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Gena Rowlands
An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.
DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004
Stats: 2,689 reviews
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June 19, 2009"He would kill to be you."
An FBI profiler is called in by French Canadian police to catch a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.
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March 3, 2008Good movie until the twist just makes you want to take a baseball bat and smash your own head in for watching it.
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November 18, 2009Not the best crime/thriller ever, but had it come out about a decade beforehand it would have gotten a lot more positive responses. It's a really interesting story with great characters. Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke clearly gave the movie a more polished look and really made it...( read more)
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October 21, 2009Some great mements and twists, some of jolie's charcteractions were over the top.
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Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
March 25, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
If you can buy the pillow-lipped Angelina Jolie as a psychic FBI agent in Montreal to hunt a serial killer, then you can swallow the other implausibilities in this retread thriller. full review
March 19, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
Caruso is a much more resourceful director than this material deserves, but I resented being two steps ahead of the genius profiler and the genius serial-killer. full review
March 19, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Taking Lives is often style over substance. full review
March 19, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Taking Lives is actually an effective thriller, on its modest but stylish level. full review
March 18, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Angelina Jolie plays an F.B.I. profiler on the trail of a sick and ingenious serial killer. Is there anything more to say? Not really. full review
March 18, 2004
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
If Taking Lives starts off with a modicum of wit and creepy-crawly scares, it winds up somewhere else altogether. full review
March 18, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Taking Lives clearly aims to be a stylish, eerie chiller along the lines of Seven. Despite a nerve-wracking car chase and one jump-out-of-your-pants shock, the results are more like Three. full review
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June 20, 2006This was a fantastic movie. Somewhat gross and gory((god,for the life of me i dont know how to spell that)) Still very full of mystery.
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