The performances all around are lousy -- histrionic and turgid, a most lethal combination.
– Robert Wilonsky,
Village Voice,
21 Feb 2006
fresh:
A sometimes heavy-handed urban drama punctuated by some devastatingly effective scenes.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
21 Feb 2006
fresh:
What begins as a familiar kind of media-circus melodrama ends up being something much more complex and tangled.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
23 Feb 2006
rotten:
Moviemakers who exploit the suffering and death of children to ratchet up the dramatic stakes belong in the innermost circle of hell, but Freedomland -- clumsy and overwrought as it is -- earns the right to its harrowing trajectory.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
12 May 2006
rotten:
This mixed-up, self-important thriller is adapted by Richard Price from his own novel and wastes a talented cast.