30
The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
With a barrage of title-card identifications, 6 Days can feel closer to a re-enactment than a thriller. To the extent that the movie has a political angle, it’s perhaps gratuitously jingoistic.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
38
6 Days boils down the intricate relationship between Iran and the West into a tense standoff of conflicting ideals where the values and perspectives of only one side really matter.
50
Technically smart but dramatically a bit flat.
75
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
This is as pure a narrative-based film as one is likely to find; the men and women populating 6 Days exist primarily to move the story along.
40
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
6 Days can’t help but feel like a missed opportunity.
30
It’s confused about whether it wants to be a ticking-bomb tale of heroics or a complex insider account.
38
In that climate, the desultory 6 Days can be appreciated for at least having the guts to show us what can go wrong.