Blood and Wine 1996

Critics score:
61 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Stephen Holden, New York Times: When Bob Rafelson decides to get nasty, he really means it. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Nicholson is good, but the movie isn't. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's a morality play, really, but dripping with humid sex and violence. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Rafelson is so true to his sour vision of crime, deception and a rottenness at the core of our natures -- he's as cheerful as a Jim Thompson potboiler -- that we never get a chance to like or care about his characters. Read more

Nigel Floyd, Time Out: An engrossing thriller - and one sparkling with intelligence, with the surprising twists grounded in credible human behaviour. Read more

David Rooney, Variety: An amusingly caustic, straight-up serving of film noir staples spiced with star charisma. Read more