Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Price and director Harold Becker build in enough jumps and scares and good red herrings to be satisfying ...
– Joe Brown,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
A bluesy thriller with a clever though not overly complicated premise.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
What impressed me most in the film was the personal chemistry between Pacino and Barkin. There can be little doubt, at this point, that Barkin is one of the most intense and passionately convincing actresses now at work in American movies.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A lugubrious imitation of a second-rate television movie, over-produced and over-cast.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Efficient enough as a thriller, but what makes this mandatory viewing is the return of Pacino.