Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence.
This film is bound to give the home-schooling movement a bad name, unless, of course, you're running a home school for assassins.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
9 Apr 2011
fresh:
What keeps us hooked is Ronan, a young actress of seemingly limitless abilities, and the tension she creates between Hanna's inhumanly agile body and quizzical eyes, which turn cold only when she pulls the trigger.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
11 Apr 2011
rotten:
Blessed with considerable virtues, including a clever concept, crackling filmmaking and a charismatic star, it ultimately squanders all of them, undone by an unfortunate lack of subtlety and restraint.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr 2011
fresh:
An entertainingly nutty action thriller from the director Joe Wright.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
25 Apr 2011
fresh:
While the film as a whole may be episodic and wayward, and not always in a good way, the action scenes are uniformly sharp, inventive and gripping.