The film is dry and contained and has an almost kitsch charm, proper of the times... [Full review in Spanish]

| Apr 26, 2023

For an Eastwood vehicle, there’s very little action per se, but few will mind.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 27, 2023

Escape from Alcatraz remains a timeless thriller over 40 years after its release and makes great use of its setting.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 23, 2023

Siegel’s storytelling is as precise and methodical..... Even when it appears he’s shooting nothing more than the minutiae of everyday prison life, there are still plenty of details that build the atmosphere and push the narrative forward.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 20, 2022

...a methodically-paced yet mostly engaging drama...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 24, 2022

Never before and never again would Siegel engage in this type of cinematic bravura.

| Jun 22, 2020

Displaying his subtle, supreme mastery of the craft of filmmaking, director Don Siegel employs superb control of the frame.

| Original Score: 4.0/5 | May 20, 2020

Stay for this solid prison movie

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2020

Clint Eastwood does a notable job. Moreover, the secondary actors are also effective. It's easy to understand the success of the film, destined to stand out this boring and mediocre holiday. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 8, 2019

Escape From Alcatraz is a nifty prison movie, among the best of that genre ever made.

| Jul 17, 2019

Quiet, tense prison break drama has violence, profanity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 15, 2015

One of the better prison break films.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 1, 2010

Siegel stages it all like a collection of haikus, all grilled corners and hard camera pans, not a single wasted frame

| Nov 13, 2009

Escape from Alcatraz was the last of five films that Don Siegel directed with Clint Eastwood, and it's the end of an impeccable track record.

| Jun 18, 2009

Escape from Alcatraz is relentless in establishing a mood and pace of unrelieved tension.

| Mar 26, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 23, 2008

It's an austere depiction of the tedious routines of prison life, and of the courage and strength of spirit needed in coping with unpleasant warders, tough fellow-inmates, and a life sentence.

| Jan 26, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 23, 2005

Eastwood adds a lot of grit to this entertaining prison flick.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 17, 2005

It's one of those very difficult exercises in which large emotions, like the compulsion to be free, are reflected in minute actions, like the chipping away at stone with a pocket nail clipper.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004