Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 35
  2. Negative: 4 out of 35
  1. 90
    Confidence grooves on the giddy joy of storytelling -- on the digressive whimsy of good dialogue, on playful editing, on the ways in which con men -- and filmmakers -- psych out their victims.
  2. 60
    The cast — a felicitous blend of character actors and up-and-comers — work together like a street-smart machine, and Hoffman's scummy turn as porn-peddler and all-around creep King is a reminder of just how sleazily funny he can be.
  3. 38
    Features all too much footage of the scowling Burns, who has a narrower range than almost any actor working in Hollywood these days.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9

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