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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: "Lay the Favorite" is a small and not particularly ambitious movie, but it's pleasing and exceptionally well made. Read more
James Rocchi, MSN Movies: Incoherent, loud and saddled with a lead character far less smart ... 'Lay the Favorite' simply lays down dead. Read more
A.O. Scott, New York Times: Best to say as little as possible, cut one's losses and move on. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The dots are there, but they don't connect. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: It's a decidedly soft-boiled tale populated by some of the nicest degenerate gamblers you'd ever want to meet. Read more
William Goss, Film.com: Not just an utterly tepid comedy, but possibly the most lifeless film in Frears' generally acclaimed oeuvre. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: Like a loud guest at a party who's amusing for a while, until you just have to escape to the next room. Read more
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: What has happened to director Stephen Frears? Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Hall works like mad to create this character, giving her a breathy voice and hair-twisting tics and wide-eyed expressions that, rather than rounding her out, only flatten her. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Frears has a lot of fun with the bad tempers and high spirits of this crew of adrenaline junkies, and though the story falls a little flat, the script is sprinkled with dry wit. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: As forgettable a motion picture as can be found during the 2012 holiday season. Read more
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Those of us who still venerate Frears as a pioneer of British indie cinema in the '80s pine for him to have higher goals than a ditzy true-crime romp, but maybe that's our problem rather than his. Read more
Dave Calhoun, Time Out: Frears's strongest hand is a set of colourful characters played with verve... Read more
Keith Uhlich, Time Out: This is one bugged-out burlesque you can easily close the iron door on. Read more
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: A wan comedy about gambling that takes no risks ... Read more