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48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
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  1. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    75
    A cagey, claustrophobic noir thriller highlighted by a few clever plot twists, some nicely- honed dialogue, and a half-dozen top-notch performances.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    70
    Events are minor and they unfold slowly. The audience has plenty of time to get ahead of the game.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Christopher Null
    67
    Spacey makes interesting work out of an otherwise overdone situation.
  4. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    63
    Spacey's deft directing can't offset a script that wants to be Chinatown and ends up as indigestible chop suey.
  5. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    60
    The tension revs along nicely and - if you're not heisted out already - there's some suspense to be had.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Lisa Nesselson
    60
    Spacey makes an honorable and intelligent helming debut with less-than-dazzling material.
  7. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Richard Harrington
    60
    A character study with underdeveloped characters.
  8. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Spacey does what can be done with the material, but it never achieves takeoff velocity.
  9. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Barbara Shulgasser
    50
    A workmanlike effort. It's not startling and it's not incompetent.
  10. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Susan Wloszczyna
    50
    Pretentious and show-offy, the noirish drama fairly reeks of film-student overkill.
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  11. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    50
    With its jazzy saxophone noodlings during the opening credits and its bruised black-and-blue look, it's so quaintly and conventionally pulp that you feel like filing a report with the cliché police.
  12. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    The character relationships are solid and there's blessed little in the way of smug, smart talk
  13. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Gary Kamiya
    50
    Could have been a decent psychological portrait; it ends up being a fairly weak thriller.
  14. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    50
    The set decor is more intricate than any of the characters.
  15. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    33
    Ultimately, the talented cast -- among them M. Emmet Walsh, Faye Dunaway, Skeet Ulrich, and Viggo Mortensen -- play to their easiest star turns rather than their most interesting strengths.
  16. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    The nasty, sometimes violent story was written by Christian Forte, a newcomer who is clearly under Quentin Tarantino's unpleasant spell, and directed by Kevin Spacey, an unusually gifted actor who doesn't yet show any special talent for filmmaking.
  17. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    25
    A glob of comedy, drama, action and suspense.
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