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Genre :

Drama, Thriller

Release Date :

October 12, 2007 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Tony Gilroy

Starring :

George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Ehle, Pamela Gray, David Zayas, Brad Lee Wind, Kevin Cannon, Heidi Armbruster

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Go! Watch this movie. You'll regret if not seeing it.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 4

“..What's worthwhile here is the way in which the story provides us with unique characters in interesting situations..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3 of 5

“..never really engages as a thriller, though it's still worth seeing for Clooney's performance..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
3.5 of 4

“..Here's a movie that means to shake you, and does..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
4 of 4

“..deftly written, tautly suspenseful and intellectually demanding..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3.5 of 4

“..an out-of-courtroom drama that helps solidify George Clooney's acting bona fides..”
by Jack Mathews [NY Daily News]
3 of 5

“..an effective thriller... it has an absorbing plot and some really great performances..”
by David Mercier [Film Judge]
Review rate : B+

“..a spellbinding action-drama, skillfully built upon a scary corporate conspiracy, chock-full of enjoyable downbeat performances..”
by William Arnold [Seattle Post Intelligencer]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Chris Vognar [Dallas Morning News]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Geoff Pevere [Toronto Star]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
3.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Kim Newman [Empire Magazine]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [LA Times]
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

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