A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
As sly as it is knowing, and played with wit to match its conviction.
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
12 Jan 2001
rotten:
The flashy topicality amounts to little, and Peter Howitt's slavishly generic direction doesn't help.
– Dennis Lim,
Village Voice,
17 Jan 2001
rotten:
There's not an original note in Howard Franklin's screenplay or Peter Howitt's direction.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jun 2001
rotten:
My, my, such a high-tech setting -- too bad it's marred by such a low-tech plot.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
19 Mar 2002
fresh:
Got a by-the-numbers plot? A premise that's intriguing but also has holes in it? Dialogue that needs punching up? Hire Tim Robbins. He can save just about anything.