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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  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

3 of 4

“..an effective piece of cinema..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 4

“..a well-intentioned but emotionally flat personal history..”
by Jessica Reaves [Chicago Tribune]
3 of 4

“..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]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Pam Grady [Reel]
Review rate : B-
Reviewed by Carla Meyer [The Dallas Morning News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
2 of 4
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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