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48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
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  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. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Rod Dreher
    63
    An odd, unexpectedly interesting little movie.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    This modest little moral thriller is a pleasant surprise.
  5. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    50
    Writer-director Avi Nesher and co-screenwriter Roger Berger -- upon whose real-life investigations the film is based -- deliver on the hard-boiled promise of this low-key thriller with plenty of gritty twists and turns.
  6. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Jan Stuart
    50
    Has the hit-machine aura of something whipped together by L.A. studio execs over avocado sandwiches and banana smoothies.
  7. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    38
    Brutal but somewhat endearing.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Katherine Wolff
    30
    A wintertime crime caper that truly leaves you cold.
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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.… Full Review »