| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"The movie is a mixed bag." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...corrupt, intellectually bankrupt and morally dishonest..." more... |
F |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a disappointing show precisely because its ambitions are so high and its talent so undeniable." more... |
C+ |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...both sanctimonious and creepy." more... |
D |
| E! Online |
"...overly contrived." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Christopher Null |
"If there's one bright spot in the film, it's Laura Linney..." more... |
C- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...the screenplay is simply too preposterous..." more... |
D+ |
Los Angeles Times
Manohla Dargis |
"(Kevin) Spacey, as a convicted murderer, and (Kate) Winslet as a journalist are hindered by Alan Parker's smash-em-up direction." more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...nasty, hysterical and long-winded..." more... |
D |
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell |
"...doesn't actually seem to have a heart at all." more... |
D |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...smart and tight enough to keep audiences off-balance and entertained for the running length." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a convoluted mystery that thinks it's way smarter than it is." more... |
C |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...what we have here isn't so much an intelligent movie as an intelligent effort..." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"The movie depends on one of those big surprise endings for its effectiveness, but the script gives itself away in the first act." more... |
C+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...a movie that might have worked but didn't." more... |
C |
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