A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
Fascinating. Wright confounds expectations with a wholly original genre mash-up, anchored by the splendid Ronan. Offering a unique worldview, even Blanchett and Hollander’s sore-thumb casting adds to the strange texture.
An absurd-sounding concept rendered wholly believable and thrilling by a fearless young actress and a director at the top of his game.
It's an action movie with brainy aspirations, but director Joe Wright is too literal and broad for the arthouse crowd.
[Director] Wright may lag in the race to the finish, but Hanna certainly sets the blood pumping.
With its irregular pace and patchy plotting, Wright’s film has more of a struggle to keep you on its side. Kudos to [lead actress] Ronan though, who can take her place with pride in the pantheon of kick-ass heroines.
Joe Wright turns action director.
Cat and mouse tale takes a well-travelled road with twists that don’t surprise.
It's doubtful you'll find a more out-there action film all summer.
Fun in places but unfulfilling as a whole.
This vague, derivative thriller.
Hanna sees director Joe Wright changing his game, embracing the potential of low-brow genres, and reaching for the same craziness as Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan.
Too boring to be a proper thriller, and too goofily hectic for anything grander than that.
Hanna is in your face and unique, from its garish opening title, through to a thumping Chemical Brothers soundtrack.
Hanna is terrible in all sorts of interesting ways, but it's still terrible.
The body count is phenomenal and the overall effect polished, weightless and unmemorable.
Led by the fantastic Ronan, who just seems to be getting better with every film, Hanna is a bold and original.
Joe Wright interview on Hanna
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