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Genre :

Thriller, Drama

Release Date :

November 11, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Mikael Hafstrom

Starring :

Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, RZA, Addison Timlin, Tom Conti, David Morrissey, Rachel Blake, Georgina Chapman

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

“..won't make the kind of splash it's looking for..”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
6 of 10

“..weakened by a predictable twist and far too many cliches..”
by Edward Douglas [Comingsoon]
2.5 of 4

“..wades deeply into improbabilities and coincidences and self-destructs..”
by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 5

“..starts on the wrong track and goes nowhere fast..”
by [E! Online]
“..predictable, pedestrian yuppie nightmare from some seedier flick..”
by Bret McCabe [Baltimore City Paper]
2 of 4

“..not very good..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
2 of 4

“..lands with the thud of the overly familiar crashing into the expectations of an audience that has seen it all before and couldn't care less..”
by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1 of 5

“..its conclusion is so horrendously obvious that only the biggest simpletons could possibly become absorbed in it..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2.5 of 4

“..builds a good amount of tension until the Big Twist is revealed..”
by Allison Benedikt [Chicago Tribune]
2 of 4

“..a tawdry, predictable hunk of movie headcheese..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
3 of 4

“..a decent genre effort..”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
4 of 4
Reviewed by John Hayes [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Alexis Tuminello [The Cinema Source]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Jan Stuart [Newsday]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peg Aloi [The Boston Phoenix]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Tim Knight [Reel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Carla Meyer [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
1.5 of 5
Reviewed by Kevin Courrier [Boxoffice Magazine]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
Reviewed by Steve Schneider [Orlando Weekly]
Reviewed by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
Reviewed by Ella Taylor [L.A. Weekly]
Reviewed by Ken Eisner [Georgia Straight]

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