CASEY PHILLIPS: He may not have Jason Bourne’s stoic professionalism or Jack Bauer’s angry face, but Roy Miller is a secret agent who can hang with the best of them.
Tom Cruise’s comedic take on the archetypical super spy in “Knight and Day” is as likely to make a quip mid-fight as he is to eliminate with prejudice. As a result, he’s easy to like. Yet despite the laughs, Miller is still suave and dangerous enough to be taken seriously.
The fact that there is an archetypical super spy is reason enough to applaud a new take on the role. In fact, Cruise’s over-the-top performance is one of the best bullet points in this (almost) excellent, globetrotting film. He’s exceedingly charismatic.
HOLLY LEBER: And yet he manages to retain that caricature-like element that is infused into all things Cruise, be it a movie role or red-carpet interview. The part really does fit him well.