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Janet Maslin, New York Times: Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Begins with the materials of a violent thriller but transcends them with the story of the heroine's transformation. Read more
Hal Hinson, Washington Post: [Besson] seems to like playing off the generic, though he probably thinks of it as working with the mythic, the classic. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: If Luc Besson's latest goes into absurd overdrive, it does so with entertaining finesse. Read more