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Susan Stark, Detroit News: You get something far richer, if more unsettling, here than conventional crime drama's romanticism and easy analogies. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: An affirmation that the director, Mike Newell, has a gift for talkative, intelligent films that make his actors shine. Read more
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Though the outline of what the film has tried to do is visible, so little feels at stake emotionally that anyone intending to care about these characters would be well advised, for want of a better phrase, to simply fhuggedaboudit. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: In the tired figure of Lefty, manifest in the craggy icon of Pacino, our sympathies are definitely enlisted, and the theme rings a poignant note. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Takes us into a world that the movies frequently open to us, but somehow this trip seems more real and less glamorized than most. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie has many human qualities and contains what will be remembered as one of Pacino's finest scenes. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: A first-class Mafia thriller that is also, in its way, a love story. Read more
Time Out: A tense, sharp and compelling character study, Newell's film is a worthy addition to the Mob-movie canon. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: Although perhaps familiar in its outer trappings, Pacino's fine work is the key to the film succeeding to the extent that it does. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: For all its treacheries, twists and turns, nothing really comes as a surprise. Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Unfortunately, the story isn't inventive and Newell's methodical approach to it verges on monotony. Read more