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Ty Burr, Boston Globe: If you go with the film -- and I did -- it will be because the quiet empathy of the central performances carries you over the plot holes. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Dirty Pretty Things is in fact dirty and pretty, reminding us how much beauty there can be in the things we would rather not see. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: It is Frears' sure directorial hand, along with some deft performances, that keeps Dirty Pretty Things from ever edging into the risible. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: Dirty Pretty Things is sharp and weird ... Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Frears has made a string of fine films on both sides of the Atlantic ... and here he's touched down on a London few know. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: A suspense movie that works bracingly well as a genre thriller while also offering gems of social portraiture and a lacerating expose of current conditions among illegal London aliens. Read more
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times: A swift, tangy drama. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: An impressive mix of entertainment and social comment, spinning a great mystery even as it confronts an ugly world. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Half love story, half horror story, it's like an urban legend with a conscience. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Disturbing and intriguing, Dirty Pretty Things fits a great deal into its 94 quicksilver minutes. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: This is a sordid story but ultimately not a depressing one. Read more
Vic Vogler, Denver Post: Few movies create such perfect pitch among character, plot and setting. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Things is jammed with banner-ready political rhetoric, and the relentlessness of the lectures is wearying. Read more
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News: [Frears'] finest, most polished, provocative work in a decade. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: The film suffers from a screenplay full of labored attempts at wit by Steven Knight, and characters who barely make it off the page alive. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: There's barely a false note among the cast. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: [Frears] can't keep his eye on the ball. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Throughout his career, Frears has taken chances, and only on rare occasions has he missed the mark. Dirty Pretty Things is right on target. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Frears and his writer, Steve Knight, use the power of the thriller and avoid the weaknesses in giving us, really, two movies for the price of one. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Frears' vision of London's invisible work force is never less than captivating and warmly sympathetic, and Ejiofor's performance is a portrait of exhausted dignity that will stick with you for years. Read more
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: All told, the best ensemble cast I've seen this year. Read more
David Edelstein, Slate: Dirty Pretty Things doesn't quite cut to the bone, but it gets as far as a couple of vital organs. Read more
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Ejiofor, a veteran British stage actor, is well cast. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A classic piece of Frears's fine carpentry. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The acting is superb in Dirty Pretty Things, especially Ejiofor as the embattled Okwe and Tautou as the exploited Senay. Read more
Wally Hammond, Time Out: A sympathetic, engaging and politically astute slice of modern urban realism, set in the twilight world of London's community of recent immigrants and asylum seekers, and directed with Frears' habitual professionalism and sensitivity. Read more
David Stratton, Variety: An intelligent and extremely well-made romantic drama that tells an intriguing story with economy and insight. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: The Hollywood-formula framework is built on a decidedly un-Hollywood foundation in terms of subject matter, worldview, and plausible casting. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: It offers as its hero an extraordinary fellow: He's an authentic moral being who, though the universe has gone all twisty-crazy into greed, mendacity and manipulation, nevertheless clings to his own code. Read more