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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: [It's] supposed to be scathing, but the pleasure it affords is like what you get from watching the Oscars: celebrity spotting and in-jokes. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A movie about today's Hollywood -- hilarious and heartless in about equal measure, and often at the same time. Read more
Variety Staff, Variety: Mercilessly satiric yet good-natured, this enormously entertaining slam dunk quite possibly is the most resonant Hollywood saga since the days of Sunset Blvd. and The Bad and the Beautiful. Read more
Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Altman loves practical jokes, and The Player is his craftiest prank, his jolly last laugh. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: The Player is a rare commodity. It's brilliant and a guilty pleasure. Read more