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By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 07 Nov 2007

This film wants only to entertain, and other talents have gathered with Pinter to help…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 04 Nov 2007

Devotees of the original may be appalled to see it changed in any way, but on its own terms it's pretty entertaining…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 02 Nov 2007

This was never going to be a masterpiece, but it didn't have to be nearly so frustrating…

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By M.e. Russell (113) for Oregonian (1,550) on 02 Nov 2007

While [writer] Pinter contributes some venom-spitting new dialogue, he also deviates wildly from the original story in the third act -- which…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 02 Nov 2007

We're left with two suitably hammy performances by Caine and Law, who do not forget they are actors playing actors, and a production design…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 01 Nov 2007

There's lots to like in Sleuth's battle of wits, which occurs when an actor (Jude Law) having an affair with a married woman visits her husband,…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 01 Nov 2007

There's lots to like in Sleuth's battle of wits, which occurs when an actor (Jude Law) having an affair with a married woman visits her husband,…

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By Jean Lowerison (512) for San Diego Metropolitan (486) on 26 Oct 2007

Caine and Law are terrific together, verbally circling each other like panthers ready to pounce…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 25 Oct 2007

Expertly acted by the two leads and wildly entertaining for a about half the picture this new version goes wildly off the rails, the final…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 25 Oct 2007

Closed-circuit cameras and electronic gadgets are so much in abundance, bathed in the coldest of blue lights, it's as if Branagh chose to film…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 25 Oct 2007

Those who say they wouldn't mind watching Michael Caine and Jude Law recite the phone book may well have their patience tested by Sleuth…

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By Randy Cordova (352) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 24 Oct 2007

A grand exercise in watching two marvelous actors rip into some crackling dialogue…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 18 Oct 2007

Ironically it's Branagh's relentless and painfully obvious attempts to keep the action visually 'interesting' that makes the proceedings come…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 18 Oct 2007

And, amid the movie's many technologies of watching and acting, its gotcha tricks are surprisingly unsophisticated…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 18 Oct 2007

This remake isn't as radical as last week's Heartbreak Kid redo. But it's similarly unsatisfying…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (630) on 18 Oct 2007

like watching a pair of one-man shows face off against each other…

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By Peter Sobczynski (1,159) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 17 Oct 2007

Even though it held no real surprises for me, I was still able to enjoy it simply for the spectacle of watching Caine and Law tearing into…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Maxim (189) on 11 Oct 2007

Both stars definitely deliver and the movie directed by Kenneth Branagh is handsome enough, but for some reason it just doesn't connect the dots…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for UGO (350) on 11 Oct 2007

One of the more entertaining films of the season, a tight, efficient thriller with two actors, a director, and a writer firing on all creative…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for MTV (492) on 10 Oct 2007

a picture whose modest length still manages to outlast our interest and then test our patience…

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