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Reindeer Games (2000)

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Reviews Counted:86

Fresh:21

Rotten:65

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Despite a decent cast, subpar acting and a contrived plot disappointed reviewers.

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) is a small-time car thief about to be released from jail in time for Christmas. When his cellmate, Nick, is suddenly killed, Rudy decides to take on his identity in order... Rudy Duncan (Ben Affleck) is a small-time car thief about to be released from jail in time for Christmas. When his cellmate, Nick, is suddenly killed, Rudy decides to take on his identity in order to meet Nick's beautiful pen-pal girlfriend, Ashley (Charlize Theron). The couple has fun until her psychotic brother, Gabriel (Gary Sinise), shows up. Gabriel and his gang want to hold up a casino where Nick had once worked, and they blackmail Rudy/Nick into going along with the scheme. Rudy has to bluff his way through the crime, pretending to be Nick in order to avoid being killed while trying to sabotage the plans of the bad guys. Will Rudy be able to outsmart the bad guys, or will he end up facedown in the snow? Double crosses abound in this frosty film noir action movie boasting a twisty script by writer Ehren Kruger (SCREAM 3, ARLINGTON ROAD) and assured direction by veteran John Frankenheimer (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, RONIN), plus a sneaky sense of humor and plenty of Christmas references. [More]

Starring: Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, James Frain

Starring: Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, Gary Sinise, James Frain, Dennis Farina, Donal Logue, Danny Trejo, Clarence Williams, Ashton Kutcher, James Hutson, Mark Hoeppner

Director: John Frankenheimer

Director: John Frankenheimer
Screenwriter: Ehren Kruger
Producer: Marty Katz, Chris Moore, Bob Weinstein
Composer: Alan Silvestri

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Sinks from pulpy crime-drama to silly gamesmanship.

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"[The director's cut] is empirically better..."

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04/11/01
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

Frankenheimer has been providing vivid lowlifes and yanking our chains in the double- and triple-cross departments, and the great action stylist does it here again with renewed energy and what appears to be redoubled glee.

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Bob Grimm
Bob Grimm
Sacramento News & Review

Every plot complication is so implausible that, after a while, you stop paying attention and start wondering just how big an idiot the filmmakers mistook you for.

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Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

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01/01/00
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

At times Reindeer Games looks as if it was directed by Frankenstein, not Frankenheimer. You want to kill it. You want to run away.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
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There isn't a scene that's not an insult to the eyes.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com

A contrived, cliché riddled yawner that's got nothing going for it other than a tasty sex scene and an exploding truck.

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Christopher Brandon
Christopher Brandon
TNT's Rough Cut

The ho-hum thrills and coincidental mystery of these Games will likely leave you shrugging with indifference on the way out the door.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Winds up a fiery knot of tangled loyalties and betrayals, with no one to root for.

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03/07/02
Chuck Rudolph
Chuck Rudolph
Matinee Magazine
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