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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceChuck WilsonVillage VoiceChuck WilsonThe new thriller Misconduct is getting kicked to the curb by its distributor, which is too bad, because director Shintaro Shimosawa's debut feature boasts an elegant visual style and a mystery plot with so many absurd twists that the film becomes enjoyable high melodrama.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA flagrantly derivative but modestly diverting drama.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernEntertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernThe movie’s silly-arty aesthetic is regurgitated Polanski, and there’s a shameless script steal from "Presumed Innocent."
- 40The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckIt's the sort of by-the-numbers, forgettable thriller, starring actors whose marquee days are behind them.
- 33The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIf Misconduct were more lurid — or more shamelessly idiotic — it might at least be a guilty pleasure. But instead it’s slow-paced, and the filmmakers’ idea of cheap thrills is to make Emily a masochist, who gets turned on by being spanked and slapped around.
- 30Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleTo say everyone plays like they're in separate movies is an understatement.
- 25New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickSome handsome location shooting in New Orleans doesn’t make up for the Oscar winners’ relentless hamming and a plot that twists way beyond credibility.
- 25RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn Kenny“We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” Joan Didion once said. And yet, watching Misconduct, a twisty but exceptionally bone-headed—one might even say cretinous—legal thriller, sitting through its story hardly felt like “living.”
- 10The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThis clumsy, poorly written action thriller is such a complete catastrophe that you wonder how actors with the stature of Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Pacino were bamboozled into appearing in it.
- 0New York Daily NewsStephen WhittyNew York Daily NewsStephen WhittyThis isn't a movie, it's a rapsheet, a series of assaults committed against its cast and its viewers.