...a picture whose modest length still manages to outlast our interest and then test our patience.
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10/11/07
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Sleuth (2007)
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Reviews Counted:117
Fresh:42
Rotten:75
Average Rating:5.1/10
Consensus: Sleuth is so obvious and coarse, rather than suspenseful and action-packed, that it does nothing to improve on the original version
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Reviews for Sleuth
It's like Deathtrap crossed with Cribs as staged by Stanley Kubrick.
10/10/07
Top CriticKenneth Branagh’s direction imitates De Palma’s multi-angled voyeurism, but the trite visual tricks interrupt the clipped language and tense interaction that are British theater’s domain.
10/10/07
I think the movie works best if you know the original and have a taste for goofy revisionism -- say, Hamlet as a giant Hawaiian luau with the final duel on surfboards, or Paul Anka doing a finger-snapping “Smells Like Teen Spirit."
10/08/07
Top CriticIt's tempting to call the new Sleuth a soulless remake, but that would imply that the original had a soul.
10/06/07
Directed by Branagh as a stylish, nasty tug of war. But it's also murky and overwrought.
10/06/07
Michael Caine and Jude Law give inspired performances that make the most of Pinter's brilliant and pithy dialogue.
10/04/07
Sleuth is worth the price of admission just to watch the old pro Caine put Law through his paces. Law may have youth and beauty on his side, but Caine has sheer charisma and a towering talent.
09/28/07
Sleuth is a rare film where violence is a welcome relief, concluding the madness that puts the audience out of its misery as the credits thankfully roll.
09/27/07
If you can get in the mood for a talky tęte-ŕ-tęte, then Sleuth will be right up your lover's lane.
09/19/07
...little more than an actor's showcase.
09/17/07
Fans of the original, or even people who saw the original and said, 'Meh,' will likely be angered by this update --- especially the end, or more directly, the lack thereof.
09/15/07
Sleuth succeeds as a gripping, character-driven thriller.
09/14/07
You're in an ether between a stage play's suspension of disbelief and film realism.
09/13/07
Coming so shortly after Steve Buscemi's far more effective Interview, it's that much more obvious how flawed it is.
09/13/07
A stylish matching of verbal wit made less interesting as language sits out the physical action.
09/11/07
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09/08/07
Sleuth isn't incendiary or ground-breaking; it's a chance to see two very good actors (who also happen to be movie stars) work with very good material under the direction of a very good director.
09/07/07
A wickedly entertaining four-man tour de force, Sleuth transforms Anthony Shaffer's Tony-winning, rather than rehashing the fine 1972 movie version.
09/06/07
Add Branagh's stylish but vacuous Sleuth to the list of curioisity items, an unnecessary remake of the 1972 film that has no reason to exist other than Jude Law's obsession with playing Michael Caine's vintage roles, beginning with Alfie and now this one
09/04/07
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