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Genre :

Thriller

Release Date :

October 21, 2005

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Marc Forster

Starring :

Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Hoskins

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

2.5 of 5

“..works overtime trying to bend our minds..”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
2.5 of 4

“..works brilliantly on a technical level..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
3 of 4

“..will linger in your mind...”
by Peter Keough [The Boston Phoenix]
3.5 of 5

“..so affectingly steeped in loss, resignation and the ghosts of memory..”
by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
1 of 5

“..overbearingly pretentious piffle..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
1 of 4

“..neither thrilling nor psychological..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 4

“..is far more concerned with its looks than psychology, thrills or logic...”
by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press]
4.5 of 5

“..intriguing and baffling movie..”
by Harper Barnes [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2.5 of 4

“..has just enough sleek menace to ensnare you in its puzzles..”
by Gene Seymour [Newsday]
4 of 5

“..Forster works wonders with the actors, keeping a film that is trippier than anything to come out so far this year..”
by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic]
1 of 4

“..Forster isn't devoted to seriously understanding the human experience of his characters..”
by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
2 of 4

“..confusing, monotonous, ominous and depressing...”
by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
3 of 4

“..arty and provocative..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
“..an overwrought melodrama that takes place in a twilight world between reality and dreams..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
1.5 of 4

“..a seemingly good movie leading to a devastating letdown...”
by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
2.5 of 4

“..a hyperactive potboiler that nearly goes too far in its efforts to outwit even the most perceptive of moviegoers..”
by Mack Bates [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
3 of 4
Reviewed by David Nusair [Reel Film Reviews]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Philip Wuntch [The Dallas Morning News]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Gary Brown [Houston Community Newspapers]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2 of 5
Reviewed by [E! Online]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Shlomo Schwartzberg [Boxoffice Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Sobczynski [EFilmCritic]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Bruce Westbrook [Houston Chronicle]
Reviewed by Mark Harris [Georgia Straight]
Reviewed by Scott Foundas [L.A. Weekly]

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