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Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

October 27, 2006

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Phillip Noyce

Starring :

Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna, Robert Hobbs

REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers Be the 1st!

“..an effective piece of cinema..”

by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..a well-intentioned but emotionally flat personal history..”

by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune]

“..a riveting study of psychological gamesmanship..”

by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]

“..a riveting film..”

by Stan Urankar [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]

Review rate : B

“..a picture that is as much a taut action saga as it is a cautionary history lesson..”

by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]

Reviewed by Pam Grady [Reel]

Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Carla Meyer [The Dallas Morning News]

Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]

Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]

Reviewed by Robert Keser [Slant Magazine]

Reviewed by John Hayes [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

Reviewed by Cole Haddon [Orlando Weekly]

Reviewed by Todd McCarthy [Variet]

Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]

Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times]

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