I'm not saying that the movie is the best thing ever made for women... But I'll accept that, as a step toward evening the field for women in Hollywood.

| May 6, 2024

Salt is to action movies what the Twilight trilogy and its sexual, anti-hemoglobin puritanism is to vampire stories. This ideological vehicle also has... a trite and well-known story, but narrated with solvency and agility. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 3, 2023

Spending 100 minutes with some well-constructed action will be enough for some viewers. But when the apparent potential for a clever spy thriller is passed up for a simple adrenaline rush, the result is a disappointment.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 9, 2023

There is little reasoning but lots of entertainment. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 13, 2022

With this role Jolie continues to carve out and define the image of the female action star, infusing Salt with equal parts bravado and vulnerability.

| May 24, 2022

Have your summer blockbusters been lacking a little punch? If so, sprinkle them with Salt.

| Jan 25, 2022

Noyce cleverly keeps us guessing, but we know that just as the protagonist' truth is built upon lies, so too is the film's heart - exciting, yet empty and full of glaring holes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 19, 2021

Director Phillip Noyce... keeps things moving with an engaging lead, well-timed action sequences, smart dialogue and characters whose motivations are well defined.

| Dec 30, 2020

The filmmakers determine to double-cross, triple-cross, and quadruple-cross both Salt and the audience to the point that few will be able to root for the title character.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Nov 30, 2020

It's a far cry from Jolie's best.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 21, 2020

It's not smart enough to be satire, it's not goofy enough to be a guilty pleasure, it's not funny enough to be a comedy, it's not enough of anything to be anything.

| Aug 14, 2020

"Salt" may not be as smart as it wants to be, and there are some enormous problems with the script and the direction, but if you go in looking for an entertaining action flick, and not an elaborate psychological mind-game, it's worth watching

| Original Score: B- | Jul 14, 2020

Noyce keeps us in the dark so long about Evelyn Salt and her motivations, it's hard to either cheer or detest her.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 28, 2019

Like any generic spy thriller, Salt's plot lumbers through its twists like a lead snake, with characters dutifully switching sides not on the basis of logic or coherence, but rather on what will be most "surprising."

| Sep 16, 2019

Jolie, for her part, is in fine form and is right at home playing the action heroine.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 7, 2019

I felt cheated. I left the theater not thinking I had seen an entertaining little summer action film, but more like I was part of a test audience watching a 100-minute trailer for a potential franchise.

| Original Score: C | May 9, 2019

Salt is a relatively tasty summer treat.

| Jan 19, 2019

'Who is Salt?' asks the marketing posters. By the end of the film, you're still not sure, but it's a credit to everyone involved when you find yourself dying to find out.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 4, 2018

Salt's motivations present an even greater role reversal.

| Oct 3, 2018

In the great tradition of summer popcorn hits, Angelina Jolie's action-spy thriller Salt is stupid but fun.

| Feb 7, 2018