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By Moll G (1) on 09 Jun 2013

Pure David Mamet is an acquired, but delicious, taste…

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By Lydie B (4) on 26 May 2013

Good thriller and intrigue up to the last moment…

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By Mike B (1,929) on 24 Jan 2013

I remember being really impressed. Need to see it again, since I forgot everything about it except that Steve Martin wasn't being a funny guy…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 23 Oct 2012

This is the fifth movie to be written and directed by David Mamet, and it's his most bizarre one yet; people speak in that dreamy, lockjawed…

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By Adhitama R (78) on 27 Sep 2012

The best David Mamet, loved it from the very 1st minute…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 23 Jul 2012

Writer-director David Mamet delights in his own supposed cleverness; he wants you to scratch your head while he manipulates your brain…

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By Elvis Mitchell (489) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Apr 2012

This is his sleekest and most engaging film thus far. If you like a good cat-and-mouse game with a keen ear for language, then go…

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By Mike M (2,387) on 15 Apr 2012

As far as mysteries go, this is one of the best…

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By Andrew T (1,075) on 29 Mar 2012

The crook get defended when crooked by crooks. A compact twisted tale of industrial espionage. May take a few viewings…

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By Aditya Sai C (1) on 01 Mar 2012

My first David Mamet flick. I was fixated to the film right at the first five minute block…

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By Robert S (1,498) on 17 Nov 2011

Its mamet, and steve martin is in it, campbell soup guy, a pigeon named repecka, just kidding lots of great actors, top notch stuff…

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By Charles M (418) on 27 Sep 2011

One of the most poorly written scripts in the history of cinema. And the acting sinks to the same level…

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By Jonny B (421) on 26 Sep 2011

Clever and intriguing 'The Spanish Prisoner' is a mystery that exhibits Mamet's brand of dialogue and a penchant for keeping the viewer guessing…

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By Aidan H (393) on 17 Sep 2011

David Mamet's signature stagey dialogue is once again evident in this unconvincing and unlikely tale of double-crosses and confidence tricks,…

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By Richard B (1,390) on 03 Jun 2011

ANYBODY COULD BE ANYBODY. Director David Mamet (Heist, Things Change) helmed this twist-a-minute headache-inducing mind game…

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By Jay L (562) on 03 Jun 2011

ANYBODY COULD BE ANYBODY. Director David Mamet (Heist, Things Change) helmed this twist-a-minute headache-inducing mind game…

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By Ravi P (98) on 28 Mar 2011

In the sub-genre of sleight of hand thrillers--dramas that slowly reveal the deception at work in clever reveals and plot twists--there is…

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By John V (298) on 21 Mar 2011

A fair, almost-good movie. There are too many actions and motivations that are simply not very believable…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Jan 2011

The Spanish Prisoner resembles Alfred Hitchcock in the way that everything takes place in full view, on sunny beaches and in brightly lit rooms,…

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By Michael F (1,296) on 01 Jan 2011

David Mamet writes & directs this lush, languid mystery that's about a con but really about relationships…

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