Variety
An exuberantly crafted chase thriller that pulses with energy from its adrenaline-pumping first minutes to its muted bang of a finish.
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Hanna
Action-thriller about a 14-year-old (The Lovely Bones' Saorise Ronan), raised by her father to be a cold-hearted killing machine. Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice).
Hanna (Ronan) is no regular teenage girl: she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider. These come from being raised by her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland. Her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Cate Blanchett).
2011Rating: M, contains violence & offensive language111 minsUK, USA, Germany
ActionThriller
- Director:
- Joe Wright ('The Soloist', 'Atonement', 'Pride & Prejudice')
- Writer:
- Seth LochheadDavid FarrJoe PenhallJoe Wright
- Cast:
- Saoirse RonanCate BlanchettEric BanaOlivia WilliamsTom HollanderMichelle Dockery
Hanna / Reviews
Total Film
Fascinating. Wright confounds expectations with a wholly original genre mash-up, anchored by the splendid Ronan. Offering a unique worldview, even Blanchett and Hollander’s sore-thumb casting adds to the strange texture.
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In the end there might not be much to this tale other than titillation, but there's plenty to be said for Ms. Ronan, who was the best thing about "Atonement" and holds her ground against forceful screen presences like Ms. Blanchett and Mr. Bana.
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Roger Ebert
Here we have an odd cross between a fairy tale and a high-tech action movie. It could have been a fairly strained attempt at either, but director Joe Wright ("Atonement") combines his two genres into a stylish exercise that perversely includes some sentiment and insight.
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Los Angeles Times
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.
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Hollywood Reporter
The overall enterprise, for all its intrigue and visceral impact, feels overly thought out, affected and forced in its stylization.
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Empire Magazine
An absurd-sounding concept rendered wholly believable and thrilling by a fearless young actress and a director at the top of his game.
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A.V. Club
Superficially exciting and handled with great aplomb. But the film is running to go nowhere.
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