Jude Law, Michael Caine, Harold Pinter
On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer (Caine) matches wits with the struggling actor (Law) who has stolen his wife's heart.
DVD Release Date: March 11, 2008
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Flixster Reviews (2,189)
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June 19, 2009Lately, Jude Law has had the nasty habit of remaking wonderful films starring the legendary Michael Caine (the americanised version of "Alfie" was first) Well, this is as unnecessary and terribly dull as his previous failed emulation.
It not only boasts of its famous costars (ha...( read more) -
June 19, 2009While others have complained Branagh's choice to contain all the action within the house as claustrophobic, I found it to be a clever choice that created a platform for the dialogue, which is the key factor of this film. It has made me quite interested in seeing the original.
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December 7, 2008Jude Law continues his Michael Caine re-make tour (the Jaws: The Revenge joke still stands) in this story about a hairdresser/actor (Law) who is called to the house of a wealthy man (Michael Caine) to discuss the loss of his wife to this other man. What at first seems like a simp...( read more)
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September 26, 2008It was okay. I am interested to see the first so I can see how Michael Caine plays Milo. The set and camera shots were interesting but as of right now I think it works better as a play.
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November 23, 2009An opportunity to see an outstanding actor in both of the leading roles of the same film (Sleuth - 1972),
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November 14, 2009Che tristezza di film orribile. Mi auguro che l'originale sia meglio, un giorno se avrò abbastanza coraggio lo recupererò.
Durante il film per la disperazione e la noia devo aver pensato a tutti i modi di suicidarsi possibili.
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November 3, 2009An absolutely unnecessary remake that drains all the fun, wit and energy the original had to some sulky dull mass of banality. Great minds together in Branagh and Pinter want something more from the material but never find it, adding peculiar gay subtext that wasn't wanted or req...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
November 2, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
November 1, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
This would have been a memorable night at the theater. Too bad they filmed it. full review
October 19, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Sleuth gradually becomes soulless and no fun, and what's the point of that? full review
October 19, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
In Sleuth what he [Kenneth Branagh] celebrates is perplexing, ominous, insinuating material in the hands of two skilled actors. full review
October 12, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Both stars definitely deliver and the movie directed by Kenneth Branagh is handsome enough, but for some reason it just doesn't connect the dots. full review
October 12, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Just when things should be getting exciting and complex, they become repetitive and predictable. Subtext becomes hint becomes statement becomes declaration. For once, Pinter is a little too easy to un... full review
October 11, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Caine and Law are in fine form bantering cleverly in this entertaining cat-and-mouse game, thanks to the inspired dialogue of Harold Pinter. full review
October 10, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
Kenneth Branagh's direction imitates De Palma's multi-angled voyeurism, but the trite visual tricks interrupt the clipped language and tense interaction that are British theater's domain. full review
October 8, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
I think the movie works best if you know the original and have a taste for goofy revisionism -- say, Hamlet as a giant Hawaiian luau with the final duel on surfboards, or Paul Anka doing a finger-snap... full review
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August 11, 2008This movie went nowhere; it sucked! It had such potential, but nothing. Great actors, great director, great set, terrible story. I didn't like this one at all, except for the statue of the wire man, I like that.
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William
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