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Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies: I had high hopes for Nobel Son at the halfway point, but it ultimately really completely collapses under the weight of its clever twists. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: I enjoyed Eliza Dushku's mad poetess, probably for the wrong reasons, but with a project this meager, you take your artful sneers and scenic diversions where you can get them. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: The plot twists are mostly predicated on the characters' improbably shifting loyalties, the sort of thing you can get away with only when the people in your movie are drained of all compassion. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Nobel Son isn't funny enough for black comedy, nor suspenseful enough for a thriller; for all its flashy flailings and thumb-slicings, it's ultimately a little dull. Read more
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Nobel Son sadistically resurrects the Tarantino knockoff -- an unloved, foul-mouthed little bastard of a subgenre that should now go away forever. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Although sometimes too self-consciously odd for its own good, the film is at times rollicking good fun, with Alan Rickman having a ball offending everyone within earshot as the brilliant, self-centered Eli Michaelson. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Not flagrant enough to be vile, not original enough to be any good, Nobel Son does offer a rare opportunity to see Alan Rickman at his worst. Read more
Joe Leydon, Houston Chronicle: Only when Nobel Son stops trying so hard does it have any appeal at all. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: It's one of those films stuffed with odd characters in overblown situations. Unfortunately, you don't care about any of them. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The director, Randall Miller, appears to be trying to cross a bad Elmore Leonard thriller with a bad indie-festival family-angst comedy. Read more
Tim Grierson, L.A. Weekly: One of those misbegotten clunkers where just about every creative decision isn't just wrong but tone-deaf. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: A snarky, blackly comic crime drama, the whole thing unfolds like the feverish Welsh Rarebit dream of Guy Ritchie's chauffeur. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: Except for a mildly engaging heist scene in the middle of the movie, the story never gets within a mile of the Quentin Tarantino classics it tries to evoke. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Lacking the polish and coherence worthy of its cast, Nobel Son is no prize winner. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: Fans of Rickman will appreciate the actor's sneering mix of buffoonery and misanthropy, Steenburgen gives another of her playfully ironic turns, and Miller's direction allows for few, if any, lulls. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The plot by itself could have become tiresome; no audience enjoys spending all evening walking into stone walls. But the acting is another matter. Read more
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle: Nobel Son is a dreary little thriller that irritates more than it thrills. Read more
Daniel Getahun, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Like the worst of holiday quarrels, it's much more irritating than interesting, and by the end of it you'll be filled with as much seasonal cheer as Ebenezer Scrooge. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Even if you can summon some admiration for Nobel Son's editing or snippets of clever dialogue, the movie is so relentlessly self-congratulatory, you can't help becoming thoroughly sick of it. Read more
Susan Walker, Toronto Star: Nobel Son is as darkly funny as it is exhilarating. Read more
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post: It's all wildly implausible and occasionally fun, but it could be so much better if director Randall Miller had thrown in a little more character development and excised a half-dozen crazy plot twists. Read more