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100
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
At once vigorous and old-fashioned, a piece of expertly crafted entertainment that gets the job done with skill and panache. [25 July 1997]
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100
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Harrison Ford as the President of the United States is such a perfect piece of casting that it's at once a fantasy and a joke: The joke is how perfect the fantasy is. [25 Jul 1997, p. 48]
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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Dares to present a flat-out heroic president, without the safety net of irony. It succeeds.
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90
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
Ford makes such a dynamic president in Air Force One, you may find yourself favorably weighing his odds in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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88
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Director Wolfgang Petersen puts such a fresh spin on the familiar that it all works like gangbusters.
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80
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
A meat-and-potatoes American thriller that means business all around the world.
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80
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Takes its absurd premise and keeps itself narrowly focused, pushing its heroic cast through obstacle after obstacle.
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75
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USA Today Mike Clark
Viscerally juicy....The movie is effectively cast. [25 July 1997, p.D2]
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75
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San Francisco Examiner Barbara Shulgasser
Think of this as "Die Hard" in a suit, with an election coming up.
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63
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
A fairly competent recycling of familiar ingredients, given an additional interest because of Harrison Ford's personal appeal.
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