Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
positive
3(21%)
mixed
6(43%)
negative
5(36%)
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80
A careful, intelligent, and seamless design that makes room for a couple of unexpected twists.
75
Has the refined taste to crib from classics like "Double Indemnity."
75
Doesn't come close to the pulp beauty and complexity of classic noir.
60
Director Mike Barker has delivered a film that proves there's life left in the old genre yet, and does so with style, intelligence and surprisingly little violence.
60
A fine mood piece with lots of atmosphere and boasts terrific performances from its stars.
50
Style overwhelms substance by default.
50
Manages to be a fun twist-within-a-twist movie.
50
The plot thickens and thickens and thickens until it chokes on a tangled mess of double-crosses.
40
Director Mike Barber springs a twist ending that makes you sit up and stifle those yawns.
38
A cast almost talented enough to distract you from Ted Griffin's gimmicky screenplay.
