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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Time OutTime OutAlthough this slick Seagal action pic won't convert die-hard detractors, aficionados will note that he's both gained weight and lightened up.
- 60TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThe comedy is cruelly subliterate (powdered deer privates figure prominently), the action -- performed by an aging, dumpy Seagal -- pointless, and the story pieced together from moldy cliches.
- 50Boston GlobeBoston GlobeIt's no surprise that the mountainous, pseudo-mystical actor stuck to his recipe for The Glimmer Man, an inoffensive cop-socky flick. [05 Oct 1996, p.C3]
- 40Washington PostRichard HarringtonWashington PostRichard HarringtonThe plot of The Glimmer Man involves not only the Family Man but Our Evil Secret Government, the Russian Mafia and Rich Powerful Politicians -- the three stooges of action cinema in the '90s.
- 40VarietyLeonard KladyVarietyLeonard KladyFor a rock'em, sock'em action thriller, The Glimmer Man is a hopelessly slow-moving, slow-witted shaggy-dog tale that delivers the jolts but lacks the juice necessary for high-voltage entertainment.
- 40The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderShort on suspense, routine in its action and monotonous in its performances.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliAll-in-all, what we have here is classic Seagal. And that means, for anyone who isn't an admitted fan, an uninspired outing.
- 38Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisIt's strictly rental material. [06 Oct 1996, p.11]
- 11Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThe Glimmer Man is simply a spectacular belly-flop of an action movie -- neither good enough nor bad enough to be anything but instantly forgettable, though not necessarily painless.