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65 out of 100

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6.9 out of 10

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  • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington
  • Summary: One day before a convicted murderer (Washington) is to be executed, a reporter (Eastwood) discovers proof of his innocence.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    88
    This is an old-fashioned movie done with wit, grace, smarts and style. [19 March 1999, Friday, p.A]
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    60
    It's a gritty story made in the director's more elegiacal mode, a confusion of style and content that is not in the film's best interests.
  3. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    38
    On the whole, the film is content to lumber awkwardly between the condemned man on death row and the intrepid reporter on his save-a-life beat -- there's about as much rhythm in the style as there is sense in the plot.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. tonyGreen
    8
    Not a death-penalty polemic at all; rather an effective thriller and character-driven drama. Eastwood reprises the Dirty Harry-esque character, this time as a washed up journalist who also happens to be quite a jerk.… Expand
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