July 21, 2009
Mamet takes a page from the Hitchcock hand book.
Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott, Felicity Huffman
Campbell Scott plays a green young technocrat who invents a secret and highly successful high-tech process that, it appears, most of the free world would like to get their hands on. His own company ma...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 6, 1998
Stats: 393 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (393)
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May 25, 2009Mamet plays to be Hitchcock like he did in his first feature. The results are pretty good, a fine and engaging thriller that unravels its clues patiently and keeps you guessing what is going to happen next.
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April 16, 2008The worst thing about Mamet's "The Spanish Prisoner" is that it thinks it's smart. That we will never know what's going to happen next. Who's going to con who and how's the whole thing is going to end. Yes, if at first, I'll agree, we're not telepaths after all. But after the fir...( read more)
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October 13, 2008Don't know how this one ever got by me. Don't let title throw you. Steve martin Played a great part. Its worth seeing and adding to your collection.
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June 20, 2009Definitely would recommend this one, four stars minimum, need to see again to rate fairly.
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January 5, 2009Wooden delivery of rather corny dialogue (I've read it was a stylistic choice, and if so it was a bad one). The plot is somewhat contrived, but not overly. It's a perfectly passable "con" film, but you'd do better to (re)watch The Sting or any of the Oceans films.
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Critic Reviews
April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It rolls its sleeves above its elbows to show it has no hidden cards, and then produces them out of thin air. full review
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