Sleuth

Name: Sleuth
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: October 12, 2007
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Jude Law, Michael Caine

2007

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: October 12, 2007 | R

Starring: Jude Law, Michael Caine

Summary: A millionaire detective novelist matches wits with the unemployed actor who ran off with his wife in a deadly serious, seriously twisted game with dangerous consequences. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 86 min

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Owen Gleiberman

It's like "Deathtrap" crossed with "Cribs" as staged by Stanley Kubrick. Read full review

Carina Chocano

Language this lethal has all but disappeared from the movies, and it's an unmitigated pleasure to observe Caine and Law attack it with such ferocity. Sleuth is nasty fun. Read full review

David Edelstein

I think the movie works best if you know the original and have a taste for goofy revisionism. Read full review

Liam Lacey

A high-pedigree, low-interest affair that serves mostly as an exercise in postmortem speculation: Why is a project with so many prominent names attached to it so sterile and lifeless? Read full review

Ty Burr

The new version is a shiny piece of hardware that might as well be called "Sleuth 2.0," and it's exactly what you would expect from Pinter: very clever, extremely cold. Maliciously entertaining, too, until the halfway point, when you suddenly start wondering why anyone should care. Read full review

Ella Taylor

Whatever pleasure can be wrung from Sleuth lies in the black comedy of Caine and Law's sinuous symbiosis. Read full review

Richard Corliss

If you consider what the exalted quartet of Branagh, Pinter, Caine and Law might have done with the project, and what they did to it, Sleuth has to be the worst prestige movie of the year. Read full review

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EmmaG.

Oct 17, 2007

Great performances, Law and Caine are brilliant, fantastic dialogues and, last but not least, amazing work by Kenneth Branagh.

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OmarAdel

Jan 11, 2018

This is a great movie, Very well-written script, the story is complicated, great acting, specially by Michael Caine, it had very smooth decoration with great use of lighting, so kudos to the directors. every element in this movie is well past professional.

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eva3si0n

Apr 1, 2020

Chamber film with 2 magnificent actors. I love this genre of cinema very much, as here it is best to see what acting the actor possesses. And Jude Law shows itself perfectly, the same can be said about the game Michael Caine. Unfortunately, the story itself is trivial, the decorations of theChamber film with 2 magnificent actors. I love this genre of cinema very much, as here it is best to see what acting the actor possesses. And Jude Law shows itself perfectly, the same can be said about the game Michael Caine. Unfortunately, the story itself is trivial, the decorations of the house in which the action itself takes place are also not surprising. The film should be watched by fans of actors or the genre of chamber cinema.… Expand

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JaredC.

Oct 28, 2007

You know, I've never really liked Sleuth first of all, but I saw it because I wanted a change of taste from all those boring action/adventure movies. Well, how do I put it, it wasn't that great. It was harshly too short to be true. Like, come on, you probably could have added an You know, I've never really liked Sleuth first of all, but I saw it because I wanted a change of taste from all those boring action/adventure movies. Well, how do I put it, it wasn't that great. It was harshly too short to be true. Like, come on, you probably could have added an extra hour if you wanted to. Just, the film itself isn't to go see in the theatres and be really excited to watch a movie at Cineplex. Well, I'd change your movie to Michael Clayton because Sleuth isn't a film worth seeing. So, just for the heads up, rent it when it comes out. Or, watch it on Shaw when it comes out because trust me, it's not worth renting for 3 bucks. Just watch it when it comes and starts playing on Shaw or Cable.… Expand

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[Anonymous]

Oct 15, 2007

Flaccid, pointless remake that often feels like a Pinter parody.

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Jmsbpp

Jul 11, 2013

Después de todo una película que no deja nada en que pensar sino un revuelto de palabras y "juegos" sin sentido comun, La pelicula deja un vacio ademas de ser aburrida

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MarkC.

Nov 21, 2007

A very good original, and a very bad remake, Michael Caine doesn't do anything, a serious bore, way too short and cheesy.

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