85
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The New YorkerPauline KaelThe New YorkerPauline KaelHitchcock thought that he erred in this one, and that that explained why the picture wasn't a hit. But he was wrong; this adaptation of Conrad's The Secret Agent may be just about the best of his English thrillers, and if the public didn't respond it wasn't his fault.
- 100Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneA commercially compromised but often brilliant updating of Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent. [27 Sep 2013, p.C6]
- 90Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrFreely adapted from Conrad's The Secret Agent, this 1936 study of murderous intimacy is ripe for reevaluation as the masterpiece of Alfred Hitchcock's British period.
- 90Los Angeles TimesMichael SragowLos Angeles TimesMichael SragowThis movie is as wrenching as it is eruptive. Hitchcock never went further beyond pop than he did with Sabotage.
- 80The New York TimesFrank S. NugentThe New York TimesFrank S. NugentA masterly exercise in suspense. His new film is imperfect narrative, but perfect dramaturgy.
- 80Time OutTime OutThe narrative's a bit perfunctory, but is neatly overbalanced by the joyously rule-breaking sequence of a boy, a bus and a time bomb.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA tense and chilling espionage picture, Sabotage contains one sequence that many consider among the director's most excruciatingly suspenseful.
- 58The PlaylistThe PlaylistA disappointment, certainly, but not one without its pleasures.