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Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: As good as the story and direction may be, much of the film's success is up to Daniel Craig. Read more
Michael Booth, Denver Post: May be a worthy successor to a busy genre, but it is not an inventive inheritor. Read more
Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune: [Craig] is a great anti-hero, tough yet vulnerable, conflicted and amused, sincere and scared, without a hint of any of it on his sleeve. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The film's a diverting enough 105 minutes, with a few surprises in store. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: The special appeal of Layer Cake derives from its efficient, gripping story and from the personality of the unnamed protagonist. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: I like Layer Cake a lot. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: It has more heft than the Ritchie movies. Read more
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: A masterly, intricately plotted crime story. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: A propulsive drug-world movie that dutifully covers similar ground in and around London: guns, chicks, inventive use of the F word, expensive-looking locations, designer stuff, and so on. Read more
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times: What sets Layer Cake apart from the usual 'Just when I thought that I was out they pull me back in' films is a stunningly suave performance by Craig, a top-drawer supporting cast and a dynamic directing debut by producer Matthew Vaughn. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: A gangster film, despite what its title suggests, that ranks with the best of the genre. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The most crackerjack entertainment I've seen so far this year. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Layer Cake has sizzle, but it also offers plenty of steak. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Like just about every British crime picture of the last decade, it's stacked with gentlemen gangsters in Saville Row suits, blockheaded yobs with names like Kinky, Tiptoes and the Duke, and a disposable caper scenario. Read more
Peter Debruge, Miami Herald: Craig proves that he's got the strength, sophistication and brawny sex appeal to carry 007's license to kill, if only Hollywood would consider the fair-haired hunk. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: As choices for a night's entertainment, well, you'd do better with a pint of Bass. Read more
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: Layer Cake is laced with flashbacks and stylistic tics, but it never loses its forward momentum, and to the last shot, it avoids predictability. Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: The newest in British gangland entertainment and the tastiest in years. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's almost too much to follow, but the style, proven by Ritchie time and again, is irresistible. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's a little bleak, a little twisted, a little gory, and a lot funny. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Craig is fascinating here as a criminal who is very smart, and finds that is not an advantage because while you might be able to figure out what another smart person is about to do, dumbos like the men he works for are likely to do anything. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: In the end, Layer Cake serves up the just desserts. Read more
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: The intricate thing dodges and feints and twists this way and turns that way until, by the time of the alleged resolution, we've lost our bearings completely. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The film is lamentably short of narrative coherence. Read more
Mike Clark, USA Today: This is one of those movies in which you simply pluck out what there is to entertain you and forget about the rest. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: What's abundantly clear is how far this kind of moviemaking has come from any knowledge of real criminal life; it's a geek's ineffectual daydream of mayhem. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: It's a stylish and classic gangster saga about the clashing of rival empires, where the only thing worse than the killer before you is the killer waiting behind him. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: An exercise in high style, high octane and low-key suaveness. Read more