Major Web Review Sources under one site.
Rotten Tomatoes: By Flixter
Rating: 5.1/10
Despite a worthy fact-based story and obvious good intentions, Red Tails suffers from one-dimensional characters, corny dialogue, and heaps of clichés.....Read Full Review
Entertainment Weekly: By Owen Gleiberman
Grade: B-
As long as it stays in the air, Red Tails is a compelling sky-war pageant of a movie. On the ground, it's a far shakier experience: dutiful and prosaic, with thinly scripted episodes that don't add up to a satisfying story.....Read Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times: By Roger Ebert
Rating: 2.5/4
Substitute 1940s fighters for spaceships, move them closer to Earth, and you have the audience appeal of this movie......Read Full Review
The New York Times: By Stephen Holden
Rating: 3/5 (Readers)
The movie’s most exciting moments are its heavily computer-generated aerial battle sequences. The movie is very blunt about racism, which extends from the top down. The mostly happy ending is as satisfying as a snack of milk and cookies after a ninth grade softball game.....Read Full Review
The Globe and Mail: By James Adams
Rating: 1.5/4
The actors fly, but Red Tails never soars. If virtue was the sole or primary criterion for judging a movie’s worth, then Red Tails would score an easy four stars. Virtue aside, however, Red Tails is a lousy film. Not wincingly bad, mind you, just mediocre.....Read Full Review
The Detroit News: By Tom Long
Grade: C-
'Red Tails' biopic doesn't reach heights of WWII unit. The Tuskegee Airmen were serious heroes, on a number of levels. They deserve a serious movie. "Red Tails" is not that movie.....Read Full Review
Screen Rant: By Ben Kendrick
Rating: 2/5
Red Tails could get shot down as one of the biggest disappointments of 2012. With such an inspiring source story, a roster of talented actors, and one of the most profitable production companies backing the film, it’s genuinely hard to imagine where it all went wrong......Read Full Review
