Harrison Ford delivers one of the best performances in his career in Witness.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 10, 2025

…Harrison Ford is just terrific in Peter Weir's Witness, a simple, spiritually nourishing story of cops and corruption that takes an unexpected turn into something more profound…the kind of appealing, accessible film that’s long fallen out of fashion…

| Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 9, 2025

It's Weir's delicacy of touch that impresses the most. He ably juggles the various elements of the story and makes the violence seem even more shocking when it's played out on the fields of Amish denial.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 7, 2024

An exceptionally fine film.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 19, 2023

Witness is a solid film all around, one that has aged decently well, and one that is still a must see.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 2, 2023

Witness takes serious stock of the gap in experience and attitude between its protagonist and his caretakers to see what shared essence can be found between them.

| Oct 31, 2023

Witness is one of the best films I have seen yet...

| Feb 8, 2023

The actors are all convincing, given the attention and scripting necessary to craft a strikingly different tale of law enforcement and the consequences of their interactions.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 8, 2020

... striking thriller.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 6, 2020

The film allows us, in the company of Book, to take a sort of holiday from our normal concerns, to visit other values en touriste , drawing the strengths from a strange and alien tradition without really immersing ourselves in it.

| Mar 24, 2020

A pretty good crime thriller.

| Original Score: B | Apr 12, 2019

What saves "Witness" is its cast, and Weir's artistry in orchestrating and modulating their performances.

| Jan 4, 2018

Taut drama has just a few moments of intense violence.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 2, 2013

Weir, an Australian filming in this country for the first time, has succumbed to blandness.

| Jan 14, 2013

A moderately effective, highly affected thriller.

| Jan 14, 2013

Witness warms up as the attraction builds between Ford, McGillis and Haas -- all performing excellently through this portion.

| Jul 6, 2010

Harrison Ford renders one of his best dramatic performances, for which he won his sole Oscar nomination, in Peter Weir's beautifully shot feature, which is effective as a cop thriller as well as a chronicle of the rural Amish subculture.

| Original Score: A- | Feb 5, 2009

Playing John Book allowed viewers the opportunity to see Ford the actor instead of Ford the action/adventure icon. It is one of the few times he has been given the opportunity to play in a straight drama.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 10, 2008

A lot of care and attention has gone into both the Oscar-winning screenplay and the beautiful cinematography, to create a powerful and romantic story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2007

My favourite Peter Weir film, Witness is something special...Three years after Blade Runner, Harrison Ford is at his best, while Kelly McGillis in her second film role, exudes a Grace Kelly-like serenity.

| Nov 30, 2007