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Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstarstarstar Steven Rosen - Denver Post
starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstarstarstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstarstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Louis B. Parks - Houston Chronicle
starstarstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Owen Gleiberman - EW
starstarstar Jonathan Foreman - NY Post
starstarstar Berge Garabedian - JoBlo.com
starstarstar Kay McFadden - Seattle Times

“A compelling drama, as notable for the importance of what it has to say as for the riveting skill with which it’s said”

- Kenneth Turan

“Fact-bending aside, The Insider has taken a good small yarn and hidden it in a big ball of woolly hyperbole”

- Kay McFadden

The Insider
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Based on real events: a fired tobacco company executive decides to go on "60 Minutes" with information about unethical practices. Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Gina Gershon. Director: Michael Mann (1999, R)
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