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Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Starring: Chris Cooper
  • Summary: Set against the backdrop of a mythic "New West," this film that is equal parts scathing political lampoon and sun-stunned neo-noir detective story. (Newmarket Films)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 36
  2. Negative: 10 out of 36
  1. Leaving aside Huston's bland acting and a few other flaws, Sayles's politically charged drama raises a rousing number of issues and ideas, inviting us to ponder them and draw our own conclusions.
  2. Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    80
    Smart, intriguing, funny and sad, with some primo wisecracking dialogue.
  3. 60
    Pointed, unsubtle political satire.
  4. Essentially a series of walking character sketches. The storytelling is slack and lackluster, the cliches rampant.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5

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