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The Spanish Prisoner delivers just what fans of writer-director David Mamet expect: a smart, solidly constructed drama that keeps viewers guessing... and entertained along the way.
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There are enough twists and grown-up intrigue to keep one asking, "Hey, what's going on here?" Jan 8, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
There are enough twists and grown-up intrigue to keep one asking, "Hey, what's going on here?"
Mike Clark
David Mamet has a penchant for sleight-of-hand thrillers, and The Spanish Prisoner is his craftiest to date. Nov 20, 2008
David Mamet has a penchant for sleight-of-hand thrillers, and The Spanish Prisoner is his craftiest to date.
Leonard Klady
The Spanish Prisoner shares with Glengarry Glen Ross a vision of life as a cosmic con game in which the victimizers feed the fantasies of the victims. Apr 27, 2007 | Full Review…
The Spanish Prisoner shares with Glengarry Glen Ross a vision of life as a cosmic con game in which the victimizers feed the fantasies of the victims.
Andrew Sarris
David Mamet's most consistently enjoyable film to date is a cool, typically clever con-trick drama packed with deliciously inventive twists that get ever more convoluted and unnerving as the plot proceeds. Feb 9, 2006 | Full Review…
David Mamet's most consistently enjoyable film to date is a cool, typically clever con-trick drama packed with deliciously inventive twists that get ever more convoluted and unnerving as the plot proceeds.
Derek Adams
There's something fresh, even restorative, in watching an American studio movie that doesn't treat the movie-going audience like a bunch of gullible marks. Apr 12, 2002 | Rating: 3/4
There's something fresh, even restorative, in watching an American studio movie that doesn't treat the movie-going audience like a bunch of gullible marks.
Liam Lacey
Mamet brings more than a decade's worth of filmmaking experience to his latest project, and his skill as a director has improved considerably. Feb 14, 2001 | Full Review…
Mamet brings more than a decade's worth of filmmaking experience to his latest project, and his skill as a director has improved considerably.
Kenneth Turan
Mamet plays with our preconceived notions to keep us off-guard and unaware of the machinations unfolding beneath his façade of already questionable activities. May 9, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Mamet plays with our preconceived notions to keep us off-guard and unaware of the machinations unfolding beneath his façade of already questionable activities.
Jared Mobarak
One exceedingly well-crafted piece of manipulation that keeps the audience strung along with every intricate turn of the plot. Apr 1, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
One exceedingly well-crafted piece of manipulation that keeps the audience strung along with every intricate turn of the plot.
Michael Dequina
The result is rather frustrating -- the story works but feels oddly hollow, almost like a con game itself. Feb 2, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The result is rather frustrating -- the story works but feels oddly hollow, almost like a con game itself.
Maitland McDonagh
This is probably Mamet's most purely enjoyable film since the gangster comedy Things Change. Feb 2, 2009 | Full Review…
This is probably Mamet's most purely enjoyable film since the gangster comedy Things Change.
Film4 Staff
A reminder that even intelligent films can be exercises of style over substance. May 3, 2004 | Rating: 6/10
A reminder that even intelligent films can be exercises of style over substance.
Dragan Antulov
A substandard con flick that is surprisingly lightweight for a David Mamet film. In fact, it's so watered down that it feels more like a forgettable T.V. Movie-of-the-week. Nov 16, 2003 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
A substandard con flick that is surprisingly lightweight for a David Mamet film. In fact, it's so watered down that it feels more like a forgettable T.V. Movie-of-the-week.
Brian Mckay
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