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Genre :

Thriller

Release Date :

December 17, 2010 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

Director :

George Hickenlooper

Starring :

Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz, Christian Campbell, Spencer Garrett, Rachelle Lefevre, Maury Chaykin, Matt Gordon

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers [Rate It]

“..more informative-and dramatically superior-documentary..”

by Andrew Schenker [Slant Magazine]

“..it's a fascinating..”

by Wendy R. Weinstein [Film Journal International]

“..it doesn't so much leave you laughing as just weary, and wishing this weren't a true story at all..”

by Betsy Sharkey [LA Times]

“..is an improbably blithe cautionary tale..”

by J. Hoberman [Village Voice]

“..how false this fictionalized account feels..”

by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]

Review rate : D+

“..funnier movie..”

by Scott Tobias [A.V. Club]

“..delivers a tirade about his belief and faith in greed and wanting more..”

by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]

“..a similarly slick and undeniably entertaining true-life D.C. crime story..”

by Michael Rechtshaffen [Hollywood Reporter]

Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

Reviewed by Robert Koehler [Variety]

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