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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 12 Dec 2003

In Jewison's hands, this cat-and-mouse game plays like third-rate John Le Carré, treading lethargically over high-minded intrigue that mixes…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 12 Dec 2003

The Statement never generates any sustained sense of outrage or urgency…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 12 Dec 2003

Despite all its chest-beating about issues of collaboration and justice, The Statement is just the same old story about aging Nazis and government…

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By Joshua Tanzer (113) for Offoffoff (113) on 12 Dec 2003

It might have been braver to tell the truth about the Touvier case than invent a leering fiction that only hints at dark conspiracies whose…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 12 Dec 2003

[R]apidly descends into inescapable absurdity…

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By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 11 Dec 2003

Falls flat due to skimpy characterizations for all but the central character and dialogue of the kind of cliched banality that frequently induces…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 11 Dec 2003

It's bad enough that the performers, a largely British cast of well-known actors, are pretending to be French -- but on top of that, they're…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Dec 2003

Caine puts all his formidable talent into pulling this off, but Jewison's directing and Roland Harwood's screenplay (based on Brian Moore's…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 11 Dec 2003

A surprisingly mild thriller, one that meanders and spasms dramatically, and that, despite its occasional outburst of violence, wastes a cast…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 10 Dec 2003

This classy cast ... surely deserves better by way of character development, and almost all seem to compensate with wild overacting…

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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 Dec 2003

Ends up second-guessing its own high-minded strivings, not trustful enough of its audience to be sophisticated about history and ethics, and…

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By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 25 Nov 2003

The movie loses dramatic tension, its thrills and terrors enervated by the burden of didacticism…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 14 Nov 2003

Has the hallmarks of a top-notch Jewison production -- splendid performances, especially from leads Michael Caine, Tilda Swinton and Jeremy…

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