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8.5 out of 10

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  1. Apr 30, 2011
    10
    A slick, clever, well shot thriller. Almost everything about this film works, and works well. Danny Boyle, trés bien! The great sweeping shot that reveals just who was the quickest, is pure genius. Just great
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

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  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
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  1. Reviewed by: Adrienne Martini
    78
    Boyle, MacDonald, and Hodge honed this wonderful coupling of music, visuals, and clever words, as well as a strange affection for toy babies, in their first film.
  2. This is a fairly accomplished first feature -perky, visually inventive, and unusually nast
  3. 50
    All of the materials are in place for a film that might have pleased Orwell. But somehow they never come together.