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By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 14 Oct 2001

A fascinatingly strange and chaotic ballet set to familiar noir motifs…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Jun 2001

There's great pleasure in watching a movie in which the director has thought out everything beforehand…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Feb 2001

Altman had a fine time composing difficult shots, through screens, bushes and sheets of rain, and Chungwei's images, sometimes delicate, sometimes…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Jan 2000

Unless one counts a few running gibes against lawyers that can easily be imagined coming from Grisham, Altman basically chooses to treat this…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 01 Jan 2000

The film becomes an Actor's Studio venture…

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By Rob Macdonald (7) for Apollo Guide (1,430) on 01 Jan 2000

Pretty good as far as adaptations of John Grisham novels go…

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By Madeleine Williams (207) for Cinematter (205) on 01 Jan 2000

Solid directing and an excellent cast make for a thrilling initial 90 minutes, and even when the good actors start doing stupid things, at…

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By Urban Cinefile Critics (1,069) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 01 Jan 2000

It's Branagh that holds this film together, and he does well, and it's a taut thriller, but one that lacks the panache of an Altman film…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 01 Jan 2000

Altman forgoes the laid-back, discontinuous structure of his most famous film, Nashville in favor of a taut, suspenseful, and occasionally…

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By Jeff Millar (66) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 01 Jan 2000

If you like movies more than you do John Grisham, you can leave the story behind and listen to the filmmaking master class that Altman conducts…

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By Rob Blackwelder (857) for SPLICEDWire (872) on 01 Jan 2000

It's a pity the director couldn't manage to make sense of the plot, which is like a puzzle with too many missing pieces…

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By Joblo (608) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 01 Jan 2000

All in all, this film's got great atmosphere, strong performances, interesting characters, nice style, despite the predictable but enjoyable…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 01 Jan 2000

This odd assemblage of talent suggests a most unusual film, but there's just about nothing unconventional about this thriller, which gets the…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for Philadelphia City Paper (235) on 01 Jan 2000

Uneven, often predictable and occasionally strange…

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By Todd Mccarthy (1,810) for Variety (12,700) on 03 Sep 1999

There is a trumped-up quality to the action climaxes that is disappointingly perfunctory, and the story's final revelation is simultaneously…

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