It's incredibly ambitious, I'll give it that, but it's an absolute mess.
-Wade Major, FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Behind the high energy and flashy cast, there's a shocking lack of emotional depth — like a performer giving us jazz hands paired with a vacant stare.
-Kristy Puchko, Mashable
In the same way that its bloated cast becomes a distraction which takes you out of the story, Amsterdam is unnecessarily convoluted, twisting its confusing narrative into a cobra knot.
Score: 2.5/5
-Wenlei Ma, News.com.au
Wildly ambitious and thoroughly complex, this sprawling David O. Russell period piece has a thick, gummy quality as if it were made in a vacuum, yet it's too relevant to entirely dismiss.
Score: 3/5
-Jeffrey M. Anderson, Common Sense Media
Russell’s new film, Amsterdam, feels like the weaknesses underlying all of his earlier works laid bare, fully exposed, without good ideas to hide behind because, quite frankly, there aren’t any real ideas here to speak of.
Amsterdam reviews
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/amsterdam_2022
https://www.metacritic.com/movie/amsterdam