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Vincent Canby, New York Times: It has a cast of talented, self-effacing actors, who don't upstage the material, and an efficient screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue, who doesn't beat you over the head to prove that he has a sense of humor. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Perkins tries to imitate Hitchcock's visual style, but most of the film is made without concern for style of any kind, unless it's the bludgeoning nonstyle of Friday the 13th. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie was directed by Perkins, in his filmmaking debut. I was surprised by what a good job he does. Read more