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7.2 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
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  1. BenB.
    Sep 16, 2004
    0
    The movie: Some idiot Christian salesman preaches to some guy instead of selling him lube. Then Kevin Spacey, fresh from his incredible performance in American Beauty, spends the next hour yelling at the idiot Christian salesman. They never leave the damn room. Avoid avoid avoid avoid!
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  2. MichaelM.
    Mar 5, 2002
    10
    This movie was a great adaptation from the stage to the screen, beautifully casted, Danny DeVito, Kevin Spacey, and Peter Facinelli displayed wonderful chemistry and talent, showing believable emotion on some of the more controversial subject matter. All in all a great film worth watching, for theatre and movie fans alike. (****)
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  3. RyanM.
    Nov 4, 2001
    10
    Wonderful, amazingly acted and beautifully written, it's one of the best pictures of the year.
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  4. MichaelT.
    Nov 22, 2001
    10
    The closing monologue.... Made me breath deeply and express the present momment within myself.... Moving without moving.... just being moved and moved within myself.
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  5. TommiM.
    Aug 2, 2001
    5
    Danny DeVito is really a great actor. He held this together. Movie was middle-of-the-road as far as quality and interest.
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  6. [Anonymous]
    Aug 17, 2002
    9
    Excellent, thoughtful movie. A rare realistic presentation of a conservative Christian who takes his religion seriously and who struggles with the boundary between his religious life and his professional life. Spacy and DeVito were excellent as the non-Christian interlocutors who challenge, and develop respect as well, for this Christian man.
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  7. Shane
    Jan 28, 2002
    10
    Deep and meaningful movie! Top of the charts! I loved every minute of the movie!
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  8. YoonC.
    Sep 14, 2003
    7
    Decent, with good key performances, but second-rate Mament imitation at best. Still, its examination of various facets and hidden motives--unknown even to characters themselves--of human interactions makes for a story in which we all grow a bit wiser.
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Metascore
56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
  1. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    33
    A ponderous stage adaptation that expends only the mildest effort to overcome its staginess.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    63
    The dialogue often sounds like arch Mamet, and John Swanbeck's direction is as spare as the hotel-room decor.
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  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    80
    It's a sweet chamber piece, beautifully played.
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