Sympathy for the Devil (2023) falls halfway (an ironically fitting term, given what happens in the plot) between over-the-top parody and conventional psychological thriller. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/10 | Dec 20, 2024

Paradise’s screenplay is weighted about 80/20 in favor of Cage over Kinnaman and that’s absolutely the best possible choice.

| Oct 25, 2024

Watching Cage tear into this material it almost doesn't matter. The guy is out there sweating to turn straw into gold. In the end he turns that straw into brass, but it's still a wonder to behold...

| Oct 22, 2024

“Sympathy for the Devil” may not win armloads of awards or make anyone’s 10 Best Movie lists, but in terms of what it sets out to do, it delivers in ways you probably never expected.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 12, 2024

Cage struggles to connect the emotions empowering his character to kidnap a man to his yelling-infused performance.

| Jul 5, 2024

Even if the ending is a bit of a letdown, otherwise it鈥檚 a gas.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 6, 2023

Cage is unhinged and off his trolley (we wouldn’t want it any other way) but keeps eerily calm, or at least eerily repressed, for a lot of it, concealing his psychotic insides and biding his time.

| Aug 30, 2023

Sometimes, it's just fun to watch Nicolas Cage unravel Nicolas Cage style.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2023

If you’re looking for a neat, bowtie ending here, you’ll be out of luck. “Sympathy” raises as many questions as it answers, practically forcing the viewer to come to their own moral and ethical conclusions.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 12, 2023

Adler’s efficient direction and a Cage unleashed aren’t enough to keep viewers on the hook in this sparse story.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 10, 2023

Sympathy for the Devil runs out of gas and fails to capitalize on another burning bright performance from Mr. Nicolas Cage.

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

Sympathy for the Devil is an intentionally dark and violent dramedy/satire that showcases Nicolas Cage's penchant for playing weird and unhinged characters. Viewers should not expect a fully serious drama. The movie brings some laughs with the suspense.

| Aug 9, 2023

It's only for Cage apologists who think everything he does is a work of genius.

| Original Score: D | Aug 9, 2023

The story fails to extend anywhere beyond another rudimentary battle of wits.

| Original Score: C- | Aug 8, 2023

Nic Cage not only swings for the rafters in Sympathy for the Devil, but he elevates material that could have been less intriguing.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 7, 2023

Swift, fun and incredibly straightforward, Sympathy For the Devil showcases good performances from it's two leads yet fumbles the bag with it's lacklustre plot.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 6, 2023

Sympathy of the Devil is a fun thriller that has some action and some, minimal, horror elements. It’s enjoyable and entertaining, it brings Cage to full capacity, and it gives the viewer something that they can get into from start to finish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 6, 2023

So taut and lean that it doesn't even pause to give its characters names, this cat-and-mouse thriller succeeds thanks to vigorous performances by Kinnaman and Cage.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2023

Cage can be an exceptional actor when he wants to be, don't get me wrong. I just wish he wanted to be more than once every ten years.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Aug 5, 2023

Oscar winner chews the scenery in this slick but superficial road movie.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 4, 2023