The Underneath
Gramercy Pictures (I) | Release Date: April 28, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
69
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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91
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Soderbergh is able to execute his games without pigeonholing his characters. He has made that rare thing, a modern-day noir with feeling. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Soderbergh pretty much failed in trying to evoke a noir-like nightmare world in the 1919 Prague of "Kafka," his 1991 terror film. But here, he dazzlingly hews out a noir landscape in more unlikely territory: modern-day Austin, Texas. [28 April 1995]
88
Boston GlobeJay Carr
Soderbergh's sleekly malignant Underneath is a nasty little winner. [28 April 1995, p.81]
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The strengths of The Underneath -- its atmosphere and character-centered basis -- are also its weaknesses. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
On its most successful level, the film represents a slashing dramatic essay on the dismaying human tendency not to accept full responsibility for one's actions. Read full review
70
Washington PostJoe Brown
Soderbergh soaks the screen in moody, swimming pool hues to suggest the characters' murky motivations, and uses different textures of film stock to distinguish between the multiple layers of flashback. [28 April 1995, p.N44]
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
By the end of the film the 1949 film noir sources are plainly in view, but earlier, Soderbergh seems more interested in personality quirks than double-crosses, and those are the more interesting scenes. Read full review
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