The true power of Richard Jewell though is the fact that this is one movie that leaves you never being able to look at the media in the same light again.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 29, 2024

It is important to acknowledge the films merits because it makes the following carry more weight: This is a polished piece of propaganda masquerading as a prestige picture.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 6, 2024

The film tugs at the heart and pushes principles of defiance against odds and triumph through terrible adversity.

| Original Score: B | May 2, 2024

Politics notwithstanding, Eastwood deserves credit for creating such a thoroughly engrossing and passionate film like Richard Jewell just shy of his 90th birthday.

| Jul 20, 2023

Its strong acting and character relationship dynamics are the main selling points, as Eastwood’s sense of direction and pacing are the best they have been in a long time.

| Jun 5, 2023

It does a good job establishing its characters, but much like the movie’s namesake, it’s easygoing when it comes to emotions and a little too absorbed in the details.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Richard Jewell is a strongly acted and solidly directed film by Clint Eastwood. All the lead performances are exceptional. However, the movie suffers from excess padding and should have focused less on the likely fictionalized Kathy Scruggs elements.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Aug 22, 2022

Richard Jewell plays out like justice for a man wronged, and the world gets to see that he’s innocent. A true hero, bumbling as he may have been, now has his story told.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 19, 2022

A cautionary tale about investigations gone wrong and the resultant media frenzies.

| May 18, 2022

One of Clint's most memorable characters, and a picture as well rounded and engaging as he's crafted in years.

| Original Score: 75/100 | Jan 14, 2022

An incredible cast, beautifully performed.

| Sep 15, 2021

The brief but powerful investigation of Richard Jewell remains a stain on law enforcement and media. But in his eagerness to show how badly they transgressed, Clint Eastwood has prevented his film from being as powerful as it could have been.

| Feb 17, 2021

The best film of 2019 to include a Macarena dance scene.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 30, 2021

The veteran director creates one of his best films in years with this powerful true story...

| Nov 6, 2020

A mostly successful return to form for Eastwood that overcomes its questionable characterizations and flawed execution of its arguments thanks to great performances and an incisive look on heroism.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 23, 2020

Richard Jewell was an ordinary hero who was never really afforded the opportunity to be truly ordinary or a hero.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 21, 2020

Set in 1996, filled with brand name products, tense with worry but stuck at home, Richard Jewell is an accurate portrait of the U.S.A. Eastwood insists it hasn't changed much in twenty-three years.

| Sep 17, 2020

If you like drama and the tut-tutting of government over-reach and media slander, knock yourself out, but there are other movies that don't trick you into cheering the budding incel.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 16, 2020

An understated and captivating story that boasts a fantastic central performance from Paul Walter Hauser.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2020

This is the sort of story Eastwood can tell in his sleep and, although the movie is undoubtedly solid, it often feels like there's an element of playing it safe here.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 16, 2020