Neither the all-around strong performances nor craftsmanship behind the camera can make the script by Junebug scribe Angus MacLachlan any more coherent.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 31, 2023

The merciful thing to do is blame erroneous Karma and allow Stone to sink. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 15, 2022

This wandering drama never arrives at a satisfactory or cathartic destination.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 30, 2020

It's a definite disappointment given the acting weight and dramatic potential.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 24, 2020

The film falls into a middling holding pattern and hangs out there for most of the film.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 13, 2020

Edward Norton, Robert De Niro and Milla Jovovich bring their A games to this prison thriller.

| Jun 8, 2020

If you're a fan of superb acting, characters that are multi-layered and a dark compelling story, this film fits the bill.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 15, 2020

Stone's relentless theological musings don't seem to build to any moral point.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 19, 2019

Hard to believe, but Edward Norton in cornrows is one of the less ludicrous things you'll see in this film.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2015

Stone is a flawed film, largely because Lucetta is a B-movie seductress preying on believable human beings with backgrounds and complicated hearts.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 12, 2012

A prisoner and parole officer grapple with sins and the need for redemption in this subtle drama of parallel lives.

| Aug 15, 2011

It's got something to say. What that something is, though -- besides a four character study in spiritual decay -- is sort of up to you.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2011

Stone is an unusual film which shifts uneasily between sleaze and philosophy, but it's distinguished at all times by three luminous performances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 28, 2011

Great performances from the cast in this engrossing drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 16, 2011

Stone ultimately feels more confounding rather than profound, (but) it will have you thinking after its credits have rolled.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 23, 2011

An engrossing drama about the difficulty people have believing in forgiveness or in turning one's life around.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 18, 2011

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 3, 2011

Dark and disturbing, this drama holds our interest due to the strong acting and provocative issues swirling around in the story. But it's a little heavy-handed in its desire to convey something important.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 23, 2010

This film has the kind of suspense where you know something bad is going to happen, but instead of just getting it over with, the film drags it out way too long.

| Original Score: C | Dec 1, 2010

Seems as weary as the Detroit parole caseworker Robert De Niro plays.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 24, 2010