Amateur is Hartley heaven, a sharp-witted thriller that takes off into dark and uncharted territory.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Amateur is a curious mixture of high art and delicious campiness, and the result is a funny, insightful, and almost-hypnotic motion picture.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
I found the idea of the plot more interesting than the plot itself, and am finding the movie more fun to write about than to see.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Peter Rainer
Hartley turns what might have been a lurid pulp thriller into a freeze-dried art thing. He squeezes all the juice out of pulp. [19 May 1995]Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
Except for a few coups de style, Amateur is a screenful of cool nothingness. [05 May 1995]Read Full Review »
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