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Taking Lives (2004) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Taking Lives (2004) a score of 2.3459 out of 4

based on (279) reviews

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Excellent

(9)

Very Good

(138)

Good

(98)

Fair

(34)

Poor

(0)

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RopeofSilicon (Steve Davis)

Can an actress be too sexy for a role? Angelina Jolie pushes that limit in the dark, psychological thriller, Taking Lives. Jolie plays Special Agent Illeana Scott, a top FBI profiler called on to help Montreal authorities track down a serial killer on...read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at RopeofSilicon (Steve Davis)

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The King's Room (Paul Perkins)

Identity theft is a big problem is our country people are stealing other people social security numbers and credit cars and other personal stuff it happens a lot on the internet. Top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (Angelina Jolie)...read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)

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Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)

Caruso succeeds in giving Taking Lives the sordid, dark feel of Seven without making his flick repugnant and he provides an ending that delivers all the thrills and shocks a serial killer whodunit needs....read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)

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Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)

The film's finale is truly egregious, a laugh-out-loud combination of ludicrousness and sadism that someone somewhere probably found scary, assuming they never saw a thriller before....read the complete Taking Lives (2004) review at Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)