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

... 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

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

| Jan 4, 2018

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

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

A back-of-beyond thriller from Weir, who turns his sharp eye incisively on America's cosy heartland.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 29, 2007

Powerful, assured, full of beautiful imagery and thankfully devoid of easy moralising, it also offers a performance of surprising skill and sensitivity from Ford.

| Jan 26, 2006

A compelling thriller, a smoldering love story, a thoughtful study in comparative cultures, and a respectful exploration of religious community and nonviolence.

| Original Score: A | Feb 3, 2005

Harrison Ford has never given a better performance in a movie.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 23, 2004

It's pretty to look at and it contains a number of good performances, but there is something exhausting about its neat balancing of opposing manners and values.

| May 20, 2003