Rotten
Here I suspected the ultimate villain almost from the very beginning -- and, if I wasn't fooled, I can't imagine anyone else will be, either.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
The Recruit
Trust. Betrayal. Deception. In the C.I.A. nothing is what it seems.
2003 · 1h 55m · PG-13
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Roger Donaldson
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The Recruit
Overview
A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Director and cast
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43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The Recruit weighs in like a porous brick of recycled polypropylene.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
I liked all those set pieces where they set up these elaborate schemes, and you're not sure who the good guy is, and the bad guy.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
A conjurer's trick that delights for about an hour, then spirals into idiocy.
David Edelstein, Slate
Fresh
A compelling, if throwaway, drama.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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