Eye in the Sky

The Guardian by Benjamin Lee

Eye in the Sky aims to thrill and covertly manages to inform simultaneously.

Variety by Joe Leydon

A rivetingly suspenseful drama that deftly intertwines elements of ticking-clock thriller and tragic farce.

The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore

This picture satisfies fully on entertainment terms without cheapening its real-world concerns.

The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth

While certainly imperfect, there is something to admire about the film’s attempt to present the tangled logistics of a single military operation, where it seems everyone wants success but none of the responsibility of the tough decision making involved.

Entertainment Weekly by Leah Greenblatt

Aaron Paul has key scenes as the drone pilot who actually has to pull the trigger, but it’s the late Alan Rickman, as Mirren’s superior, who steals the film.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

South African director Gavin Hood (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine’’) pulls off some really tricky tonal shifts.

Slant Magazine by Matt Brennan

Director Gavin Hood treats the aesthetics of high-tech surveillance as the opaque membrane through which the prosecution of the War on Terror must pass.

Screen International by Tim Grierson

While Eye In The Sky is effective in building suspense and making a talk-y drama compelling, these techniques are in service to high-minded, heavy-handed filmmaking that buries troubling wartime questions in simplistic rhetoric.

The Telegraph by Tim Robey

Eye in the Sky is a tick-tock suspense exercise as well as a neat little ethical echo chamber, a plea for reason in a world exploding too vigorously to give it the time of day.

Time Out London by Tom Huddleston

There’s wit, integrity and insight here, but it cries out for a lighter touch.