Response
Critical response to The Pledge was generally favorable; it holds a 79% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four and later added it to his Great movies list, writing: "The last third of the movie is where most police stories go on autopilot, with obligatory chases, stalkings and confrontations. That's when The Pledge grows most compelling. Penn and Nicholson take risks with the material and elevate the movie to another, unanticipated, haunting level." James Berardinelli gave The Pledge three stars, calling it "clever in the way that it gradually reveals things, but never gives us too much information at one time." The film did not fare particularly well at the box office. Its domestic receipts grossed approximately $19 million USD, with foreign receipts adding another $9 million.
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