1. EmmaG.

   9

   Great performances, Law and Caine are brilliant, fantastic dialogues and, last but not least, amazing work by Kenneth Branagh.

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2. ChadS.

   7

   They're only acting, Andrew(Michael Caine) and Milo(Jude Law); slipping on other skins is how the novelist and actor butter their bread. Both men shoot Harold Pinter's words at each other with cold precision. They duel in rooms illuminated by a blue light. Their mouths are benign guns. Andrew is just pretending, like a blank pretends to be a bullet, when the novelist aims his pistol at Milo. It's a game. The jewel heist, nothing more than smoke and mirrors. Both robbery attempts are deconstructive and anti-climactic. "Sleuth" is really about identity. In the endgame, the blue light affixes itself to Milo alone, while the sudden appearance of the red light seeks out Andrew in melancholic repose. Perhaps, these are the two men as they really are, finally, in three-dimensions, the truth comes out as the red and blue lights converge and produce a white light; an x-ray light.… Expand

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3. BlueRaja

   2

   Obviously adapted from a play - the characters stand around and wait, doing nothing until it's their turn to talk. Probably the worst adaption from a play to a movie I've ever seen. And more importantly, as is often the case with plays (for whatever reason), the characters talk and behave completely unrealistically. Especially at the end. [EDITED TO ADD] I've never seen the old movie or the play, but I just read the synopsis of the old movie, and it the ending sounds like it makes a LOT more sense than this one. Watch that one instead.… Expand

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4. DL.

   1

   Rancid. The whole unveiling of the mystery inspector was terribly and unconvincingly rotten. The 1972 version had surprise. This version has nothing. Disappointed in Branagh, whose film "Dead Again" showed a good cinematic eye.… Expand

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