| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray |
"Study of a toxic friendship that seems a little too familiar." more... |
C+ |
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris |
"...badly conceived..." more... |
C- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Zwecker |
"Christian Bale again demonstrates his phenomenal range as an actor." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...almost a good, salty urban thriller." more... |
B- |
E! Online
Luke Y. Thompson |
"The ending¿s rather predictable, unfortunately, but the wild ride there is worth it." more... |
A- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...Bale is mesmerizing and Rodriguez keeps up with him as the whole unsafe contraption zooms." more... |
B+ |
filmcritic.com
Anne Gilbert |
"The plot is fairly thin..." more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck |
"Spending two hours with the lead character would be an untenable experience save for Bale's charisma..." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"If Martin Scorsese were 30 and a Los Angeleno, he'd be making movies much like this one." more... |
A- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...Mr. Bales¿s spectacular technical performance of a toxic bad boy on the fast track to hell somehow lacks an inner core." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...a character study of a man whose psychotic dark side is rising up to dominate his personality." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein |
"...eerily compelling..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker |
"Well-intentioned but not very well directed, it makes for a better psychological profile than a film." more... |
C+ |
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