Apted and his crew pull out all the stops to craft a thriller out of material that looks better on paper than it does on film.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
31 May 2002
rotten:
Jericho and Hester spend so much time on investigative idylls in the damp spring countryside that spy work starts to seem like a military garden party.
– Paul Malcolm,
L.A. Weekly,
1 Jun 2002
fresh:
It arrives with an impeccable pedigree, mongrel pep, and almost indecipherable plot complications.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
6 Jun 2002
fresh:
Not enigmatically at all, it pleases and teases us -- in high style.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jul 2002
fresh:
A complicated and intelligent British film with a curious roster of off-screen talent.