Spun is accomplished, but it's also numbing. It's hard to have much connection to people who never connect with each other.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is like the low-rent, road show version of those serious drug movies where everybody is macho and deadly.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
A swaggering journey into hell that conveys a chortling amusement at its own apocalyptic imagination.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Rourke and Roberts! Dueling kings of B-movie excess and cable-TV schlock, together again on the big screen! Talk about chemistry!Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
It's like the longest just-say-no commercial in history, only you'd say no not because drugs are evil but because you don't want to get a serious foot fungus.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Jeff Stark
The biggest problem with Spun is that it's really just about speed (and editing). And speed, like most other drugs, is in and of itself boring.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
Because Spun is so plotless it's almost avant-garde, we're meant to be delighted with its assortment of set pieces.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
The title (which translates, essentially, as "burned out") is an apt description of the film itself: a hot and smoldering shell.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Manohla Dargis
Maybe it's the sight of Leguizamo running around dressed only in boots and a well-placed sock that does her in, or maybe it's just that she's seen this movie too many times before. She isn't the only one.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Jessica Winter
The traumatized critic must struggle to avoid capital letters in urging patrons to steer clear of the colorfully cast but unbearable Spun.Read Full Review »