This is his sleekest and most engaging film thus far. If you like a good cat-and-mouse game with a keen ear for language, then go.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
It's a treat to encounter the deadpan light-handedness with which Mamet goes about his business.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The Spanish Prisoner resembles Alfred Hitchcock in the way that everything takes place in full view, on sunny beaches and in brightly lit rooms, with attractive people smilingly pulling the rug out from under the hero and revealing the abyss.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Ty Burr
For once, too, David Mamet the director outshines David Mamet the writer.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Pure David Mamet is an acquired, but delicious, taste.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
The Spanish Prisoner is for anyone who likes to think and feel along with the characters.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
The Spanish Prisoner is the smoothest and most convincing of Mamet's elaborate charades and features intriguing performances by Steve Martin and Campbell Scott.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
The movie's surface of bright, brittle patter, initially off-putting, comes finally to serve as camouflage for the sinister movement of large and powerful forces.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
The picture is moderately diverting. But it's never much fun.Read Full Review »
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