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Overall Grade: C
Story: C
Acting: B
Direction: B
Visuals: B
Not as good as the British version
by Jeff (movies profile) (Apr 18, 2009)
15 of 20 people found this review helpful
If you've seen the six hour British mini-series, don't bother seeing this movie. For those who've seen the British version, you know that there are multipl... Full Review

Overall Grade: D+
Story: C-
Acting: C
Direction: C-
Visuals: B
Waay to many holes.
by Erik (movies profile) (Apr 20, 2009)
10 of 13 people found this review helpful
This COULD have been a fantastic movie, but they tried to cramm to many angles down your throat, it felt like having a root canal; trying to keep up with the story. T... Full Review

Overall Grade: C+
Story: C
Acting: A
Direction: C
Visuals: B
Corruption, Corruption and the Media
by steve v (movies profile) (Apr 19, 2009)
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
Movie did a good job defining corruption in both corporate and government worlds. Unfortunately the Newspaper Reporter, (Crowe) character did little to show the Corruptio... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: A-
Acting: A
Direction: B+
Visuals: B
intelligent thriller
by TERRY (movies profile) (Apr 18, 2009)
8 of 9 people found this review helpful
A solid entertaining, mature thriller. Could have used an extra action piece or two but never boring. As usual Crowe and Mirren are their absolute best. McAdams and a sur... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B+
Acting: A-
Direction: A
Visuals: A
Fast, frenetic, and focused.
by Acitore (movies profile) (Apr 18, 2009)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
Once again, the critics got it wrong. When a mind which earned a PhD doesn't a movie, it must be the movie's fault. (Or so we are told.) Nope, not this time. You... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A-
Visuals: A-
Excellent Movie
by Nik (movies profile) (Apr 19, 2009)
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
This movie is brilliant and suspenseful from start to finish. The plot always keeps you guessing and new twists are introduced consistently. I saw one reviewer who said t... Full Review

Overall Grade: D+
Story: N/A
Acting: N/A
Direction: N/A
Visuals: N/A
missed the mark
by david (movies profile) (Apr 18, 2009)
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
overbearing, simplistic, preachy...you pick the word...the movie was so pre-occupied to deliver a political message that it wreaked of self-awareness...a plot twist that... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A
Acting: A
Direction: A-
Visuals: B+
Good movie, slightly dissapointing ending
by James B (movies profile) (Apr 18, 2009)
8 of 11 people found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this movie and up until the end you really weren't sure how it was going to play out. It would have been more interesting had the ending gone down t... Full Review

Overall Grade: C
Story: C
Acting: C
Direction: C
Visuals: C
derivative mediocrity
by spender (movies profile) (Apr 18, 2009)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
There are spots in this murky movie that are pretty good. Helen Miren is a bright spot. Russell Crowe channels Dustin Hoffman from "All the President's Men"... Full Review

Overall Grade: B+
Story: B+
Acting: B+
Direction: B
Visuals: B+
Nice to see a good thriller!!!
by Mark (movies profile) (Apr 17, 2009)
10 of 18 people found this review helpful
In the days of comic heroes and over acted films, it is nice to see a movie that has a decent plot. Crowe does an excellent job as he always does. You will enjoy this f... Full Review
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