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71 out of 100

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6.1 out of 10

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  • Starring: Benicio Del Toro
  • Summary: Academy Award-winner Jack Nicholson stars as Jerry Black, a Nevada homicide detective who volunteers for one final investigation on the eve of his retirement. He offers his expertise at a compromised crime scene and ends up making a promise to the young victim's mother that will change his life forever. (Warner Brothers)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    91
    One of the most aggressively ambiguous pictures of the year. There is a certain power to that.
  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    Penn and Nicholson take risks with the material and elevate the movie to another, unanticipated, haunting level.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    60
    A forced march toward certain disaster, a scenario only passionate believers in predestination are likely to savor.

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  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12

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