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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasSuspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe impish Wood is a little light as Sean, who's inextricably bound by same family ties that robbed him of a promising future and made him a fugitive from the only life he's even known, but the supporting cast is top-notch.
- 50VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasBurns' films are invariably better directed and scripted than they are performed, and Ash Wednesday is no exception. Pic's biggest drawback is that the helmer has again cast himself in the leading role.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickAmbitious, guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting.
- 40Village VoiceLaura SinagraVillage VoiceLaura SinagraRussell Fine's kinetic camerawork outperforms the plot.
- 38New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsWe wish other directors would keep Edward Burns busy acting so he wouldn't have time to make his own movies. This is his fourth since "The Brothers McMullen" and they get more tedious each time out.