The Last Castle, while engrossing in parts, might have benefited from more pre-shooting talk about what makes an intriguing character -- and what makes a star performance.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
19 Oct 2001
rotten:
A heavy-handed military prison melodrama.
– Rita Kempley,
Washington Post,
19 Oct 2001
rotten:
Devolves into a mundane warden-versus-inmate conclusion.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
19 Oct 2001
rotten:
The themes that ring out most loudly in the end -- some men are just born leaders; others do best if they just conform -- are numbingly retrograde.