- Studio: Gramercy Pictures (I)
- Release Date: Sep 25, 1998
- 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.
- Director: David Dobkin
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 26
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Mixed: 11 out of 26
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Negative: 4 out of 26
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80I don't want to say any more about the plot, it's just too much sick fun.
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80Script, 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.
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60Nasty fun all around.
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38The 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]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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