Succeeds by never tipping its hand or losing its equilibrium while its characters often seem to be doing nothing but.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: J. Hoberman
A considerably more unsettling tale of one-sided amour fou, reportedly inspired by an actual case of teenage prostitution, Jean-Pierre Améris's Bad Company puts the coy prurience of American high school films in brutal perspective.Read Full Review »
Joel Schumacher directs with far less fetishism than he might have, while producer Jerry Bruckheimer kicks up only a fraction of the bull dust usually visible in his projects.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
As a tale of adolescent sexuality warped by passion, though, Bad Company is less compelling and more exploitative than its makers think.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
Anthony Hopkins, with a toothpick and a slouch. Fabulous!Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
I won't tell you I didn't enjoy parts of Bad Company, because I did. But the enjoyment came at moments well-separated by autopilot action scenes and stunt sequences that outlived their interest.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Bad Company would just be another silly, intermittently funny, buddy comedy (Anthony Hopkins is Rock's training agent) were it not for a plot unlaughably close to current events.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Gene Seymour
Whether you care if they find them (terrorists) or not may depend on how much you've been able to withstand Bad Company's sensory overload of firefights, vehicular mayhem, techno-cool swagger and enough bumptious contrivances to fill several seasons of daffy prime-time soaps.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
The motor of the plot, involving nuclear terrorism, not only knocked Bad Company out of last year's release schedule due to 9/11 sensitivity, it stops Rock and Hopkins from sustaining a comic rapport. The waste is criminal.Read Full Review »
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