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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: It's a listless, dutiful affair -- a cover version played out of obligation, not inspiration. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Maybe watching Reilly, Luna and Gyllenhaal is quite enough entertainment value for any movie. Read more
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune: An exercise where viewers are likely to ponder not 'How did the characters do it?' but 'Who cares?' Read more
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: The problems lie not with the actors but with a glib approach that exposes the flaws of the original story. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... unfolds like a David Mamet film ... Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Criminal is the sort of movie David Mamet would love -- or make. Read more
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic: It's hip, witty and fun, and will remind you why movies are made in the first place. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Reilly sheds a career playing dupes and schlubs and gives his first full-tilt electric performance. Read more
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: We know someone is pulling something, and someone is going to get away with something, and someone is going to be left holding the bag of cheese, but Jacobs keeps us on our toes. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: What elevates Criminal into a delicious con in the league of Red Rock West, House of Games or Matchstick Men is John C. Reilly. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The performances are winning -- Gyllenhaal is particularly sharp as an aggrieved sibling, and there's mutual zing in her scenes with Reilly. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Criminal does what every good con-game movie should: It keeps you guessing. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Caper-movie lightning in a bottle, Criminal grifts the audience in a spectacular way. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Jacobs has brought the barrio into noir, and that's no small achievement. If nothing else, it opens the door to a whole new galaxy of grift. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: In a way, the whole movie is a con job -- offering an inferior copy of something that wasn't too wonderful to begin with, while pretending that it has something new and stylish to sell. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: It's such a pleasure being in the company of these actors as they work with character-rich material that if they burst into the audience and swindled us out of our wallets, we would gladly oblige. Read more
Rex Reed, New York Observer: A breathless and dazzling caper that knocks your socks off. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: John C. Reilly stars as a gimlet-eyed con man in this clever and diverting adaptation of the Argentine thriller Nine Queens. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: The constant shadow of doubt keeps the viewer from investing in the characters, because we suspect one or more of them isn't what they seem. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The result isn't as compelling as Nine Queens, but it's a respectable caper movie in the tradition of The Sting and David Mamet's Heist. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Follows the original fairly closely, and because I already knew the plot secrets, it couldn't work on me in its intended way. As the recycled characters, dialog and events turned up, there seemed to be an echo in the room. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Fans of con-man capers will have no regrets after watching Criminal. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A kind of who-done-what? puzzle. You'll probably enjoy it much more if you haven't seen the 2002 Argentine film, Nine Queens. Read more
Susan Walker, Toronto Star: With dashes of black humour and pointed glimpses of the American class system, Criminal is a taut con-versus-con game whose deft artistry isn't fully revealed until the last few minutes. Read more
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: If you missed the original, Criminal is a reasonable facsimile. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Reilly and Luna make a chemically appealing screen team. Read more
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Jacobs -- who for many years was Soderbergh's assistant director -- keeps things moving at a sprightly pace, and cinematographer Chris Menges does a terrific job of capturing L.A. in all its mercurial glory. Read more