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New one with Pacino opens this weekend.

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PdL

What do you think? I haven't read any reviews but it looks pretty good from the trailer. I wonder if Al is going to shout his way through this one?

Update - a contrary opinion... - mkuller 11:45:46 10/10/05 (0)
...over the weekend, Ebert and Roeper gave it 'Two Thumbs Up' (Ebert - "way up") and said Pacino is at the top of his acting game. I'll wait for the video...
The Boston Herald got off a few good ones on this. - clarkjohnsen 09:06:05 10/08/05 (0)
Director D.J. Caruso (``The Salton Sea,'' ``Taking Lives'') appears unaware that his characters run the gamut from the merely unsympathetic to the absolutely loathesome.
Of course, there is a way to make such characters compelling. But screenwriter Dan Gilroy, who obviously admires Oliver Stone and David Mamet and is married to Russo, this film's executive producer, does not know it.
But I have never seen such a blusteringly vacuous performance from Pacino. His Walter is Rumpelstiltskin on crystal meth.
- http://theedge.bostonherald.com/movieReviews/view.bg?articleid=105913 (Open in New Window)
The SF Chronicle today... - mkuller 09:11:06 10/07/05 (1)
...gave it a 'C' and said it's pretty much a remake of "The Devil's Advocate" with a gambling theme and Pacino chewing up the scenery.
Entertainment Weekly gave it a C+.
- EW Review (Open in New Window)
- I read a few reviews last night & you are right...... - PdL 07:30:16 10/08/05 (0)
  ..... the movie doesn't look too promising. Oh well, Iif I remember, I can always check it out on DVD in a couple months!

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