A thriller stripped of thrills--or, even worse, a thriller that thinks of itself as somehow rising above the vulgar pleasures of excitement.
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This review of The Clearing (2004) was written by Anthony Lane and published by The New Yorker on 15 Sep 2007.
The Clearing has generally received mixed reviews.
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