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At the beginning, wit ricochets off the walls [then] the movie loses its spark.

[Damon] knows the moves, which are implemented with ruthless efficiency.

Performances by the entire cast are flawless. Paul Greengrass directs with energy and precision.

This is about car/motorbike chases, ruthless corruption at the highest level, a focused defense of one man’s pursuit of truth and ... the hint of romance.

Plot black holes quickly emerge and start to suck all believability out of the film.

Bette Gordon's adaptation of Pat Barker's hit novel is refreshingly different.

Incredulity grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go.

The actors (or director) clearly only have half a clue what they're saying.

There's an avoidance of the cheap voyeurism that usually goes with this sort of territory.

The powerfully cathartic ending of The Bourne Ultimatum is a long shadow to get out of, and this film never quite manages it.

Director Baltasar Kormakur’s gripping thriller is inspired by classic noir - the cinematography is as bleak as the story and there is no neat happy ending.

Mona Lisa Smile is beautifully shot and the dazzling cast is always watchable.

The film is appallingly directed, exposing the actors to scenes of baffling embarrassment.

Little hints that something disturbing is happening build up well, though the film never really grips the way it should.

Seemingly aware of its narrative limitations, director Quílez invests this film with a depth of character and intense sense of place that lift it above most other entries in the genre.

Everything you expect happens.

The racial division is well-handled. The love story feels genuine and the tensions it creates are neither ignored nor washed.

Russell impressively couples gambling strategies with self-help mantras to expose the machinations of searching minds who don't know how to flee the ugly banal lives of most common betrayals and economic anxieties.