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5.2 out of 10

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

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  1. StellaS.
    Apr 13, 2003
    5
    Hard to follow at times.
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  2. ZootsiJ.
    Apr 14, 2003
    5
    This movie had potential, but blew it with it's pporly developed modern day characters. It was very annoying to watch them constantly smoking, and drinking and no doing much else. A blatent vehicle for the cigarette industry. The period shots were this film's only saving grace.
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  3. JD
    May 30, 2003
    9
    Elizabeth Hurley is in it. I don't care how bad it is. SHE IS HOT!!!
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  4. LouC.
    Sep 7, 2003
    3
    Poorly directly/edited/cut, and afflicted with incredibly poor lighting, this movie will be difficult to follow for people who didn't read the book. The fact that the several of the actors in the historical plot line keep changing their accents (and hence their pronunciations of the other characters' names) just adds to the challenges. By the time the allegorical underwater scene came long, I was so thoroughly disgusted with the director's clumsiness and stupidity, I had lost all interest in the rest of the movie.… Expand
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Metascore
45 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    75
    Despite the deftness with which Bigelow handles the transitions, the modern story never attains the intrigue and tension of the period tale.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Janice Page
    63
    Though it never rises to its full potential as a film, still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed.
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  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Bill Gallo
    30
    Means to be heavy in terms of psychology, provocation and the examination of emotion, but it sinks like a stone the minute it hits the surface.
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