Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke and Milo Tindle come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke's wife: the woman both are sleeping with.
Director Kenneth Branagh has mercifully pared the action down to 88 minutes (the first movie dragged on for 138), but the final act... still seems to go on forever.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
14 Dec 2007
rotten:
Kenneth Branagh's direction, its self-consciously skewed angles and surveillance-cam cutaways highlighting his weakness for the misplaced flourish, is more of a hindrance than a help.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
21 Nov 2007
rotten:
Director Kenneth Branagh clearly is having fun navigating Tim Harvey's slick set design, but eventually the characters' deadly competitiveness becomes tedious.
– Sean Means,
Film.com,
16 Nov 2007
rotten:
It doesnt work, and the reasons why are no mystery, no mystery at all.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Nov 2007
fresh:
This film wants only to entertain, and other talents have gathered with Pinter to help.