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  • Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon
  • Summary: Nick (Nivola) is caught in a dead end job in a dead end town. About the only thing going well for him is Lissa (Witherspoon), his new girlfriend. A chance to make some easy cash, and a way out of town only leads to more trouble as they become caught in a web of sex, thefts, gangsters, kidnappings and murder. (20th Century Fox)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 5 out of 14
  1. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Tom Keogh
    80
    A careful, intelligent, and seamless design that makes room for a couple of unexpected twists.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    Director Mike Barker has delivered a film that proves there's life left in the old genre yet, and does so with style, intelligence and surprisingly little violence.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    38
    Sadly, a film about betrayal is ultimately betrayed by the film maker's own lack of conviction.

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