go figure - the leftist communists and progressive liberal Marxist traitors in Hollywood hated it! figures coming from a bunch of treasonous thugs and worthless socialist pofs
The film opened with generally negative reviews. Based upon 81 reviews, it received a 28% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Among 28 top critics, it obtained an approval rating of 18% with the consensus saying, "It's undeniably reverent of the real-life heroes in its cast, but Act of Valor lets them down with a clichéd script, stilted acting, and a jingoistic attitude that ignores the complexities of war."[13] Metacritic assigned the film an average rating of 42/100 based upon 28 reviews.[14]
Many reviews, both positive and negative, have expressed praise for the action sequences while criticizing the plot and acting. Claudia Puig from USA Today, for example, said the action in the film is "breathtaking," but gave the film an overall negative review, in which she wrote that "the soldiers' awkward line readings are glaring enough to distract from the potency of the story."[15] Similarly, Amy Biancolli from the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "[Act of Valor is] intended to wow audiences with high-test action while planting a giant wet kiss on the smacker of the U.S. military - and it scores at both tasks," but that, ultimately, "the film gets snagged by its own narrative convention."[16] Michael Rechtshaffen from The Hollywood Reporter had a similar opinion, stating, "Although the film has its undeniably immersive, convincing moments, the merging of dramatic re-creations and on-camera “performances” proves less seamlessly executed than those masterfully coordinated land, sea and air missions."[17] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two and a half out of four stars, and complained that "we don't get to know the characters as individuals, they don't have personality traits, they have no back stories, they don't speak in colorful dialogue, and after the movie you'd find yourself describing events but not people."[18]
