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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Chicago TribuneMark CaroChicago TribuneMark CaroThe surprise here isn't that 15 Minutes isn't a masterpiece; it's that the movie works at all.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA cynical, savage satire about violence, the media and depravity. It doesn't have the polish of "Natural Born Killers" or the wit of "Wag the Dog," but it's a real movie, rough edges and all, and not another link from the sausage factory.
- 60Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversBig, loud and lurid, but no less entertaining for that.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe Czech Republic and Russia, the respective homes of Emil and Oleg, should sue.
- 38Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowThe unearned air of moralism that wafts through 15 Minutes pollutes its entertainment value.
- 30Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael Atkinson15 Minutes settles into Richard Donner-style goulash.
- 25Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezIt takes a concerted effort to make a movie as relentlessly stupid and grating as 15 Minutes.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIs less an end in itself than an excuse, a jumping off point for showy, contrived, borderline exploitation sequences that fail to tie together because they're not really there to do anything but sell themselves as money shot thrills.
- 0Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternIf Detroit had produced an equivalent lemon, we might have been seeing the world's first one-wheeled, square-tired car with no cooling system, steering wheel or brakes.
- 0SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinIt all adds up to one of the most brazen pieces of blame-shifting in exploitation-picture history.