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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  1. ChadS.
    Aug 3, 2003
    3
    A foreign or American independent film can suck like the latest Hollywood lobotomy job, and "Tycoon" is the proof. Plato isn't a very compelling screen subject. "Tycoon" feels like a mob film in the tradition of "The Godfather" but there's not a whole lot of violence. Plato's not a monster. He's too nice. A benign ogliarch is only half the problem. The constant shifts in the timeline will drive you batty. The story isn't incoherent, but you stop caring. Because the filmmaker tries to cover so much ground, the whole enterprise feels shallow like a made-for-television movie. … Expand
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  2. ThomasP.
    Aug 16, 2004
    10
    One of the best ever!
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  3. JohanS.
    Jan 28, 2004
    8
    Interesting.
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Metascore
49 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Stanley Kauffmann
    40
    We become so distracted by the jigsaw effect that soon we are more concerned with the assemblage itself than with what it is about.
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  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jack Mathews
    75
    With more than a passing nod to the Hollywood mob movie, Pavel Lounguine ("Luna Park") crafts this superb post-Soviet "Godfather" movie loosely based on the exploits of bad boy billionaire Boris Berezovsky.
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  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    Lounguine tells the story with more discipline than you'll find in his earlier films, painting a crowded portrait of a society moving toward a future it can neither confidently predict nor look forward to with anything but nervous anticipation.
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