Manhunter 1986

Critics score:
94 / 100

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Walter Goodman, New York Times: The movie drives along with such intensity for much of the time that you can just let it work on your senses without worrying about whether it makes sense. Read more

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: I'm intrigued by that stylistic envelope: simultaneously hypnotic and enervating, meditative and empty. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: Manhunter ushered in the age of empathy for the devil. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: One of the most impressive American thrillers of the late '80s. Read more

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Michael Speier, Variety: An unpleasantly gripping thriller that rubs one's nose in a sick criminal mentality for two hours. Read more