worldwide total of $169.4 million. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 30% based on 46 reviews. The websites consensus states: "The Saint is watchable thanks to Val Kilmer and Elisabeth Shue, but the film's muddled screenplay stretches credulity". On Metacritic the film has a score of 50 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "Mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F. Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle notes Kilmer is the "master of disguises", as "Templar's genius, like Kilmer's, involves slipping in and out of skins rapidly and offering only the slightest hint at the person who hides beneath the charade... Kilmer dons 12 disguises in all, polishes them with impeccable accents and pliable postures", with Shue's character offering "the same sympathetic dignity she brought to Leaving Las Vegas". Liam Lacey of The Toronto Globe and Mail said The Saint is "More entertaining than Mission: Impossible or the last Bond film GoldenEye. It brings back the humour and sangfroid that makes the genre work". Todd McCarthy of Variety called it a "suspenser that doesn't taste bad at first bite but becomes increasingly hard to swallow". Reboot Paramount Pictures announced that it would reboot the film with Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing, Dexter Fletcher will direct and Regé-Jean Page will be portraying Templar and will also executive producing the film while Kwame Kwei-Armah will write. References External links Jonathan Hensleigh's original script The Saint - Box Office Mojo 1997 films 1990s English-language films 1997 action thriller films 1990s romance films Techno-thriller films 1990s spy films American spy films American romance films American action thriller films Paramount Pictures films The Saint (Simon Templar) Films directed by Phillip Noyce Films set in 1997 Films set in London Films set in Oxford Films set in Russia Films based on television series Films shot in Moscow Films produced by David Brown Films scored by Graeme Revell Films produced by Robert Evans Films produced by Mace Neufeld Films about nuclear technology Rysher Entertainment films Films about coups d'état 1990s American films