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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanLurie hits closer to the bone here than he did in his ham-handed "The Contender" (2000).
- 80The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenA typically intelligent if occasionally overwritten political thriller, boasting a powerhouse cast.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversLurie has crafted a different kind of thriller, one with a mind and a heart.
- 75The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasMostly, Nothing But The Truth operates a lot like Billy Ray's "Shattered Glass" and "Breach," offering up the sort of no-nonsense, meat-and-potatoes docudrama that's in short supply these days.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyCompetently constructed and nicely acted by Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanIn the spirit of its title, Nothing but the Truth pivots on a plot twist that's both good and fair. And kudos to the ever-earnest Beckinsale for surviving a prison brawl as splatterific as anything Mickey Rourke had to endure in "The Wrestler."
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierA fairly gripping cautionary tale.
- 50The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisNothing but the Truth has nothing much at all to do with the historical record, which wouldn't be bad if it offered something persuasive and worthwhile in return, like a reckoning of journalism and its abuses.
- Lurie spins off into invention like a "Law & Order" writer on deadline, scrambling the issues so thoroughly it's no longer clear what, if anything, the movie is meant to address.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithNothing But the Truth is like listening to the fourth-best debater in middle school present a term paper called "Politics, Power and the Media."