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Genre :

Drama, Mystery , Thriller

Release Date :

February 23, 2007

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Joel Schumacher

Starring :

Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Logan Lerman, Rhona Mitra, Maile Flanagan, Patricia Belcher, Lynn Collins, Mark Pellegrino, Tara Karsian

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

2.5 of 4

“..visually stylish but fatally farfetched psychological thriller..”
by Barry Paris [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
2 of 4

“..disappointing and anti-climactic..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 5

“..a waste of time..”
by Bill Muller [The Arizona Republic]
1 of 4

“..A gimmick movie that's light on details and heavy on overwrought style..”
by Glenn Whipp [L.A. Daily News]
2 of 5

“..a by the numbers thriller with a few unsurprising twists and turns..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Gary Goldstein [Reel]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Michael Sragow [The Baltimore Sun]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Machosky [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
Reviewed by Justin Chang [Variety]
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Reviewed by Frank Scheck [The Hollywood Reporter]

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