As tricky and satisfying as any of David Mamet's airless cinematic shell games. Mamet's films are all plot and no atmosphere; this one has a squalid, urban-greed-meets-the-gutter mood that lends its filigreed cleverness an unusually resonant kick.Read Full Review »
100
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kevin Thomas
Deliciously funny and fiendishly clever con-man comedy that begins on a note of ingenuity that it then sustains with the tension of a high-wire act.Read Full Review »
90
The New York Times: Stephen Holden
The kind of movie that seduces you into becoming putty in its manipulative card-sharking hands and making you enjoy being taken in by its shameless contrivance.Read Full Review »
When you think you've figured out Bielinsky's great game, that's when you're in the most trouble: He's the con, and you're just the mark.Read Full Review »
88
Boston Globe: Jonathan Perry
Elaborately layered movie about schemes and more schemes that pile up faster than chips on a blackjack table. The other half is realizing, about halfway through the film, that you won't figure it out until it's over.Read Full Review »
88
Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Bielinsky's movie builds like a poker game in which the players, having invested everything, cannot afford to fold.Read Full Review »
80
Salon.com: Jeff Stark
If the movie isn't true, it's at least true to itself. When Nine Queens spirals out of the realm of believability, we've already been won over enough that we don't care.Read Full Review »
80
ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Leaves you feeling tense and terrific. It's fun to be fooled.Read Full Review »
75
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
A con within a con within a con. There comes a time when we think we've gotten to the bottom, and then the floor gets pulled out again and we fall another level.Read Full Review »
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