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Review of by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 24 Feb 1997

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The nice thing about Shaft is that it savors the private-eye genre, and takes special delight in wringing new twists out of the traditional relationship between the private eye and the boys down at homicide.

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This review of Shaft (1971) was written by and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 24 Feb 1997.

Shaft has generally received positive reviews.

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