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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganA classic, if downbeat, addition to the canon.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperA well-made, rough-edged and solid frontier fable with a distinctive look and fine performances all around.
- 70Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayNever Grow Old isn’t a top-shelf western, but it’s thoughtfully made, with something to say about how even in a country that encourages rugged individualism, community matters.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWearing the proverbial black hat and speaking his menacing lines in a husky, near-whisper, Cusack thoroughly galvanizes the proceedings.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreKavanagh’s second coup was in giving this too-familiar tale just the right star power, with the criminally under-used Hirsch shining as our anti-hero and Cusack, settling into the playing-the-heavy part of his career with as much wit as he can muster.
- 60Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievIvan Kavanagh has an eye for style and a clear gift for building suspense. That said, the film is sadly less than the sum of its frequently-impressive parts. If nothing else, his messy, violent, dark and sad reflection of our society proves that the Western will never grow old.
- 38RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyAs revisionist as it might aspire to be, Never Grow Old is rife with clichés, Cusack’s philosophical villain one of the most conspicuous.