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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Flipside Movie Emporium (617) on 13 Sep 2007

A fascinating entry into a little-understood subculture…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 13 Sep 2007

The rigor of Mr. Cronenberg’s direction sometimes seems at odds with the humanism of Mr…

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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 13 Sep 2007

Expertly realized and gunmetal slick, Eastern Promises whirs along with perfect efficiency, but doesn't stir much in the way of visceral horror…

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By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 13 Sep 2007

While the film falls short of Cronenberg's best, it still boasts Mortensen's authoritative acting and extraordinary commitment to the material…

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By Bruce Westbrook (223) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 13 Sep 2007

What it's really about, more than sensitivity for displaced people or social analyses, is violence -- hideous, gruesome, over-the-top violence…

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By Alex Markerson (73) for E! Online (838) on 13 Sep 2007

As bloody good as parts of Eastern Promises are, as a whole it's a bloody mess…

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By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 13 Sep 2007

The film's genius performance belongs to the venerable Armin Mueller-Stahl, who plays the family head with a twinkling eye and an air of avuncular,…

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By Mary F. Pols (536) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 13 Sep 2007

Eastern Promises isn't particularly long, but it feels full -- full of tension and excitement and beautifully staged scenes…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Sep 2007

Cronenberg has a distinctive style – deadpan absurdism laced with fright and all executed with slow deliberation…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 13 Sep 2007

The actors and the characters merge and form a reality above and apart from the story, and the result is a film that takes us beyond crime…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Sep 2007

Cronenberg's follow-up to A History of Violence -- starring the same lead, Viggo Mortensen, in a very different part -- lacks the theoretical…

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By Ron Wilkinson (582) for Monsters and Critics (513) on 13 Sep 2007

A mysterious crime family with smoldering secrets plays with sharp objects off the slimy backwaters of the Thames…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for MTV (492) on 13 Sep 2007

Cronenberg's film has a distinctive somber sheen and startling jolts of perversity, and it could only be the work of one man, a director who…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 13 Sep 2007

Eastern Promises' unusually ambiguous character study makes for a different kind of crime drama, a striking if not entirely satisfying one…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 13 Sep 2007

Eastern Promises is a routine crime drama that tries to have Anna's humanitarian mission give it an air of nobility…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 12 Sep 2007

Eastern Promises isn't so much a motion picture as it is a master class in performance nuance and tonal control...an extraordinarily threatening…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 12 Sep 2007

What makes it great is that it's a David Cronenberg movie; he tells a compelling story, filled with his own particular obsessions…

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By Jeffrey Chen (849) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 12 Sep 2007

As Cronenberg's primary vehicle, Mortensen makes the show his own…

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By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 12 Sep 2007

An ultimately satisfying venture with a few spot-on acting turns, but it is a tad too ordinary for a director who thrives when he is anything but…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 12 Sep 2007

The kind of dark, disturbing and deeply fascinating work that jolts you while you are watching it unfold and continues to insinuate itself…

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