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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News: Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: A finely tuned satire of the insane Hollywood modus operandi, heightened by farcical flourishes and grounded with the kind of reportorial integrity that distinguishes Mamet's best work. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: In this age when dumb, broad, easy-to-market comedy continues to rule, Mr. Mamet's literary wit is always welcome. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: When Mamet's new movie sticks to depicting the contagious amorality spread by the movie business, it's darkly dirty fun. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: A surprisingly unpolished piece of work that plays as though it were written for the stage and only slightly modified for the screen. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Mamet lite, but still a lot of fun. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A quintessentially wised-up insider comedy, ideally cast and filled with sharp writing from start to finish. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: State and Main might be the perfect David Mamet movie for people who don't like David Mamet movies. The nice thing about it, though, is that it won't disappoint the rest of us. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: A frequently hilarious film. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Has the hermetic, vacuum packed atmosphere of all the films that David Mamet has directed, yet cleverness, heightened to a pitch of acid tongued amorality, is both its flavor and its meaning. Read more
Gene Seymour, Newsday: There are fresher wisecracks packed in State and Main than in just about any high-concept Hollywood comedy of recent vintage. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: It's highly watchable, and, at times, humorously compelling. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It's Mamet in a lighthearted mood, playing with dialogue, repeating phrases just because he likes them, and supplying us with a closing line that achieves, I think, a kind of greatness. Read more
Charles Taylor, Salon.com: Mamet gets about halfway to great screwball comedy before the picture runs out of steam. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: A film of unexpected warmth and geniality. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: A Hollywood satire as cynical and thickheaded as its supposed targets. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: A crackling ensemble comedy. Read more
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: There's not much here that would surprise any knowledgeable observer, but Mamet presents it with such brio and simmering rage that the movie has the sting of anger in almost every scene. Read more