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- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSavages is Oliver Stone doing what he should have done a long time ago: making a tricky, amoral, down-and-dirty crime thriller that's blessedly free of any social, topical, or political relevance.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangSavages never quite captures the novel's diamond-hard sarcasm, it offers other satisfactions in its visceral immediacy, its overriding sense of danger and a clutch of performances that, whatever one's reservations about the characters, can't help but court the viewer's emotional investment.
- 80Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondSavages is one of Stone's best movies with a ménage et trois love story giving some human dimension to its three young leads.
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzThis is, in fact, one of the more violent movies in recent memory. But Stone doesn't let anyone off easy. Violence has an effect here, has meaning, has relevance to the story. And that's a good thing; otherwise, it would be hard to stomach.
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFrom an acting standpoint, Blake Lively makes a compelling case that she doesn't have what it takes to play this sort of a role; she lacks the chops to carry the elements of the movie in which she is expected to dominate.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthySavages represents at least a partial resurrection of the director's more hallucinatory, violent, sexual and, in a word, savage side.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceSoul is something Savages has in short supply, not least because Kitsch and Johnson register as blanks on-screen. In contrast, Hayek and del Toro, both sporting apparently intentionally terrible wigs, give big, scenery-chewing performances and earn our interest and empathy even while committing heinous acts.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThis time, Stone is just sloshing around in the shallow end. When John Travolta and Benicio Del Toro show up for extended, cartoonish dialogues, you'll wonder what year it is, and let out a sigh of relief that the moment is long gone.
- 25Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezAggressively, defiantly stupid.