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Vincent Canby, New York Times: It's pretty to look at and it contains a number of good performances, but there is something exhausting about its neat balancing of opposing manners and values. Read more
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: A moderately effective, highly affected thriller. Read more
Pauline Kael, New Yorker: Weir, an Australian filming in this country for the first time, has succumbed to blandness. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Playing John Book allowed viewers the opportunity to see Ford the actor instead of Ford the action/adventure icon. It is one of the few times he has been given the opportunity to play in a straight drama. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Harrison Ford has never given a better performance in a movie. Read more