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7.8 out of 10

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  • Starring: Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen
  • Summary: A dark drama about a sixteen-year-old honor student who recognizes an old man living in his hometown as a hunted Nazi. Compelled to reveal the secrets of his death camp past to earn the boy's silence, the German fugitive derives a sinister scheme to implicate the teenager in a dangerous psychological game. (Sony)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    80
    Not all the plot developments ring true, but moments carry a real chill - even in a coma, McKellen can terrify a fellow patient almost to death - and it has more than enough thought-provoking material to command your interest.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    Do director Bryan Singer and screenwriter Brandon Boyce really mean to suggest that the roots of genocide lie in homosexual desire?
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    30
    Heartless piece of ill will.

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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. RDalvi
    8
    Under-appreciated gem by Singer. McKellen is very nice and Renfro is surprisingly good. Very taut and brilliantly done thriller.
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  2. MargretH.
    5
    Worst novella turned book ever.
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