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  1. DougM.
    Mar 15, 2006
    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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48 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critics

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  1. Positive: 3 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.
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  2. 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.
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  3. 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.
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