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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 17 Sep 2005

A cobbled-together mess of conflicting tones…

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By Jimmy Chertkow (3) for Film Threat (5,156) on 29 Aug 2005

This movie is only really interesting during the moments of physical conflict that pop up throughout the film…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 14 Aug 2005

The moral reasoning in the film is so confusing that only by completely sidestepping it can the plot work at all…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 06 Dec 2004

The line 'This is not an American story, it's an Irish one' means nothing…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 08 Nov 2001

Even though The Devil's Own reportedly cost close to $100 million, it comes across as a sleek, medium-grade character study occasionally punctuated…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 12 Jan 2001

Certainly, whatever surgery the script doctors performed, it didn't take…

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By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 16 Dec 1999

As in all fiercely realistic thrillers, the action becomes less and less credible as it speeds on…

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By Charles Taylor (365) for Salon.com (2,725) on 11 Jul 1999

The Devil's Own isn't the disaster its bad advance publicity might lead you to expect. But it's a disjointed, sluggish picture…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Nov 1998

The Devil's Own is neither the best nor the worst $90 million-$100 million-area budgeted picture ever made, but it must be the one in which…

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By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 04 Oct 1998

More important, we should take into account the fact that this is really quite a good movie--a character-driven (as opposed to whammy-driven)…

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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire (3,446) on 30 Jan 1998

The emphasis on character in Rambo scribe Kevin Jarre's screenplay (aided by Vincent Patrick and David Aaron Cohen) gives the film unexpected…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 17 Jul 1997

An earnest, thoughtful, surprisingly well-written (given the number of writers who worked on it) drama about guilt and betrayal that features…

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