Police, Adjective
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5.4 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 6 out of 14

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Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 23 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    40
    Shockingly dull.
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  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    50
    The movie comes on like a put-on--next to nothing happens for an excruciatingly long time--and ends as a fascinating dialectic between following one's conscience or following the law.
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  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    100
    Police, Adjective is a deadly serious as well as dryly humorous analysis of bureaucratic procedure and, particularly, the tyranny of language. Images may record reality, but words define it.
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