Roger Ebert praised the film, saying, "With this film has dramatically opened a wider dialogue, helping to make the inarguable into the debatable." He placed it at No. 3 on his top ten list of 2005. James Berardinelli wrote that ""Munich" is an eye-opener – a motion picture that asks difficult questions, presents well-developed characters, and keeps us white-knuckled throughout." He named it the best film of the year; it was the only film in 2005 to which Berardinelli gave four stars, and he also put it on his Top 100 Films of All Time list. "Entertainment Weekly" film critic Owen Gleiberman mentioned "Munich" amongst the best movies of the decade. Differently, Rex Reed from "The New York Observer" belongs to the group of critics who didn't like the film: "With no heart, no ideology and not much intellectual debate, "Munich" is a big disappointment, and something of a bore."