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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Starring: Georgina Cates, Joaquin Phoenix, Vince Vaughn
  • Summary: Lester Long (Vaughn) has a firm handshake, a ready smile, and some strange ideas about friendship in this 90's noir. As dead bodies start piling up in a small Montana town, Lester burrows his way into Clay's (Phoenix) life and plays a twisted game of shifted blame and double-cross.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 26
  2. Negative: 4 out of 26
  1. Reviewed by: Ron Wells
    80
    I don't want to say any more about the plot, it's just too much sick fun.
  2. Reviewed by: Ted Fry
    80
    Script, setting, attitude, and especially casting add up to a smart exercise in dark comedy that's never over-the-top funny, but always engaging for its clever details.
  3. Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    38
    The young Pigeon turks who no doubt think they've made a hip black comedy should be forced to see it in a theater of non-sycophants, where only an occasional exasperated exhale signifies the audience isn't dead yet. [25 Sept 1998]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. JYT
    9
    A very good movie that started the trend of forensic crime dama on tv. It is also well acted by all characters, well filmed and a movie to watch over again. Expand

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