“When did Robert De Niro stop trying? When did he start coasting on his well-de- served reputation, either mocking it in crass comedies or sleepwalking through dramas where fans fill in the missing emotions for him?” Lawrence Toppman, Charlotte Observer

“If only one character in Stone reacted as someone in his position would to the pre- posterous situation at hand, the movie would be 15 minutes long.” Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times

“A murky bible belt noir steeped in mystical evangelical voodoo more suited to sci-fi in which De Niro seems to turn back into Travis Bickle minus his taxi, while Norton finds Je- sus, loses his dreadlocks and becomes a self-described tuning fork for God.” Prairie Miller, Newsblaze