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52 out of 100

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6.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman
  • Summary: He was where he shouldn't have been, saw what he shouldn't have seen. But who'll believe the word of a career thief and ex-con (Eastwood) when he says he saw a woman killed -- and that the man responsible is the President of the United States? (Warner Bros)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    A first-rate thriller about arrogance at the top.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    60
    A film that is entertaining but not seriously absorbing.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    20
    The embodiment of every conservative paranoid's slathering fantasies about Paula Jones, Vince Foster and Whitewater.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. PatC.
    5
    Unusual premise, good drama in the one-way mirror scene, but eventually the film just drags and is unenlightened and predictable.
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