| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"There are three movies crammed into this one: The first is good, the second is so bad it's good, and the third is just plain bad." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper |
"...Kevin Costner is irresistibly fiendish..." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro |
"The thing does move. To where is the problem." more... |
C |
E! Online
Caroline Kepnes |
"...sickly fascinating..." more... |
B+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...begins promisingly, but it grows steadily more preposterous as it goes along, becoming the first feel-good serial-killer movie." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"The thriller is a meticulous study on the 'how' of serial killing. It just skims over the all-important 'why.'" more... |
C |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Overdesigned characters and situations stretch plausibility at every turn." more... |
D- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"Coincidences and plot contrivances pile up." more... |
C |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"...the most wooden screen performance of Ms. Moore¿s career. Looking exhausted and tense, the actress is as expressive as a wax museum effigy." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"This is a tense and engaging thriller..." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...the film emerges as a subtle commentary on a disquieting aspect of our current culture..." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...(Costner) engenders an odd compassion that almost, but not quite, makes this outlandish movie work." more... |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...inane..." more... |
C- |
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