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6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8

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  1. L.Bacon
    Mar 15, 2004
    9
    Great soundtrack, that is apparently unreleased
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  2. ShannonP.
    Aug 5, 2005
    3
    Contrived. Pretentious. Sterile. Convoluted. Mamet again proves that when "one" spends "one's" lef being a writer, one doesn't have a life to write about.
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  3. LindaM.
    Aug 11, 2005
    2
    I have watched this film several times, and each time think less of it. Nothing in the characters or plot seems genuine. Some of the dialog is comically phony and false. If the intent was to make some type of film parable, the subject is wrong and the plot too intricate. What is presented as some kind of intriguing "confidence game" seems to be the imaginings of an invalid who has never left his house. The amazing thing is that as bad as this movie feels on repeated viewing, much of the acting is actually quite good . . . which almost seems to highlight the problems with the script.… Expand
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Metascore
70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    88
    It's a treat to encounter the deadpan light-handedness with which Mamet goes about his business.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    70
    The Spanish Prisoner is the smoothest and most convincing of Mamet's elaborate charades and features intriguing performances by Steve Martin and Campbell Scott.
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  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Charles Taylor
    50
    The picture is moderately diverting. But it's never much fun.
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