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NUMBERS
Box Office: $118,471,320
VHS Rentals: $22,510,000
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CONSENSUS
A slick and well-made thriller that takes on new weight due to the current political climate.
CAST & CREW
Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Liev Schrieber
Directed by Phil Alden Robinson
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SYNOPSIS
In this high-intensity drama, based on the novel by Tom Clancy, Ben Affleck stars as Jack Ryan, the CIA agent from Clancy's THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, and CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, violence, disaster images, and brief strong violence
RUNTIME
2 hours, 3 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 31, 2002
Video: Oct 29, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Paramount Pictures
GENRE
Action/Adventure, Action, Thriller, War, Cold War, Russia
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official The Sum of All Fears Site
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 "Credibility levels are low and character development a non-starter."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
"The story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head."
-- Robert Wilonsky, NEW TIMES
 "The movie deftly reinvents the Tom Clancy series."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Sum" is Jack Ryan's "do-over." Give credit to everyone from Robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works. Especially give credit to Affleck."
-- Jeffrey Westhoff, NORTHWEST HERALD (CRYSTAL LAKE, IL)
"A tense, capably-made film that’s exciting and realistic enough to satisfy filmgoers who’ve had their fill of Hollywood’s usual ultra-unrealistic blockbuster fare."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"Superior genre storytelling, which gets under our skin simply by crossing the nuclear line."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"A less-than-thrilling thriller."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"The Sum of All Fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context, which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots (or cinema seats)."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy's intrepid hero? Ridiculous. What's next? D.J. Qualls as Indiana Jones? Or Tom Green as Han Solo?"
-- Betty Jo Tucker, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
"A middlebrow hybrid that should satisfy most fans of spy movies without blowing them away."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"Although it lacks the detail of the book, the film does pack some serious suspense."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"It's a smartly directed, grown-up film of ideas."
-- Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
"...post-September 11, “The Sum Of All Fears” seems more tacky and reprehensible, manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves."
-- Steven Snyder, GREATER MILWAUKEE TODAY
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"Taken outside the context of the current political climate (see: terrorists are more evil than ever!), The Sum of All Fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller."
-- Scott Weinberg, EFILMCRITIC.COM
"A very capable nailbiter."
-- Widgett Walls, NEEDCOFFEE.COM
"Robinson's web of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that Clancy creates."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"A little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt."
-- Rob Vaux, FLIPSIDE MOVIE EMPORIUM
"The film doesn't really care about the thousands of Americans who die hideously, it cares about how Ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the CIA."
-- Catharine Tunnacliffe, EYE WEEKLY
"Although the subject matter may still be too close to recent national events, the film works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"I didn't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot."
-- Christopher Tookey, LONDON DAILY MAIL
"Even on its own ludicrous terms, The Sum of All Fears generates little narrative momentum, and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the Ryan series."
-- Gary Thompson, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
"Comes across as a relic from a bygone era, and its convolutions...feel silly rather than plausible."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Thirty years ago, it would have been groundbreaking. Now it's just tired."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
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ROTTEN 44%
Avg. Rating: 5.7/10 |
"A slick, well-oiled machine, exquisitely polished and upholstered."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Toward the end Sum of All Fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick."
-- Bruce Westbrook, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Affleck merely creates an outline for a role he still needs to grow into, a role that Ford effortlessly filled with authority."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The Sum of All Fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism, but it's really nothing more than warmed-over Cold War paranoia."
-- Charles Taylor, SALON.COM
"This engrossing, characteristically complex Tom Clancy thriller is shifty in the manner in which it addresses current terrorism anxieties and sidesteps them at the same time."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
"Bold, imaginative, rational and persuasive an account of the lethally dangerous world we live in, The Sum of All Fears is an international spy drama with visceral impact."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"I was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an American-Russian Armageddon."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"The explosion essentially ruined -- or, rather, overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
"The Sum of All Fears is almost impossible to follow -- and there's something cringe-inducing about seeing an American football stadium nuked as pop entertainment."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
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"The star who helped give a spark to "Chasing Amy" and "Changing Lanes" falls flat as thinking man CIA agent Jack Ryan in this summer's new action film, "The Sum of All Fears.""
-- Vanessa Sibbald, ZAP2IT.COM
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