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  • Summary: New York State Tax Investigator Al Benjamin (Pantoliano) infiltrates the Russian community of Brighton Beach, New York, to track down the con man who is running a tax fraud scheme.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    75
    Shows how Tinseltown sensibilities can be well thought out even on a low budget.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    70
    An offbeat little charmer of a mystery.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    This modest little moral thriller is a pleasant surprise.
  4. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    38
    Brutal but somewhat endearing.

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  1. DougM.
    8
    Probably actually a 7.5; the accessible reviews seem to warrant a higher score than 48 (TV Guide rated it 3 0ut of 4 stars but it was only assigned a rating of 50) - an impressive Everyman film about incorruptible low-level bureaucrats who are much brighter than they appear and determined to do the right thing. The smallness of the film does not allow for sexual or action scene diversions and the focus stays on the two main characters. It could have been black&white and made in 1948, fitting alongside D.O.A. or This Gun for Hire in its compact, economical and functional approach.… Expand

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