Comes across as gratifying, not grating: the same way the familiarity of a well-crafted whodunit is part of the book's pleasures.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
This is the second movie Judd and Freeman have made together (after "Kiss the Girls" in 1997). They're both good at projecting a kind of Southern intelligence that knows its way around the frailties of human nature.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Satisfies a hunger for the basics: a decent mystery to chew on, a bit of juicy suspense, maybe a plot twist as garnish. The fare is all on the standard menu, but it goes down well just the same.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
The problem with High Crimes, acceptable though it is, is that it's not close to anyone's best work.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
This is very much a ''woman's picture,'' driven by a twin rudder of anxiety and empowerment.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
For his part. Mr. Freeman shows himself, once again, incapable of giving a bad performance.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The chief pleasure of High Crimes (and it's a limited one) comes from watching Morgan Freeman, who can bring a sense of integrity to even the silliest thriller.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
It's no crime the movie has one or two endings too many, given that many thrillers of the past quarter-century have had the same. But Judd's latest is too harmless to be anything but a misdemeanor.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
Every minute of the film is trash, and director Carl Franklin seems to know it.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
High Crimes does offer good, often sharp and funny work from its two stars. But you can't fake excitement, and it's a lousy feeling to know that the best commercial movie I can point you to right now is this shallow, self-erasing nonsense.Read Full Review »
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