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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Keith Simanton - Seattle Times
starstarstarstar Gemma Files - Film.com
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Mark Burger - Winston-Salem Journal
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar Jeff Millar - Houston Chronicle
starstarstar Janet Maslin - NY Times
starstarstar Jane Ganahl - SF Examiner
starstarstar Desson Howe - Washington Post
starstarstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstarstar Derek Elley - Variety
starstar Desmond Ryan - Philadelphia Inquirer
starstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee

“Boasts an inordinately busy plot . . . yet carves out niches for itself with moments of great clarity and humor”

- Keith Simanton

“It’s fun up to a point, but frankly I don’t know how much further modern films can go mixing cruelty, crime and comedy”

- Joe Baltake

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
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Small-time thieves get on every big-time crook's hit list as they scramble to gather enough money to cover what they owe a major crime boss. Nick Moran, Jason Flemyng, Jason Stathman, Dexter Fletcher, P.H. Moriarty, Sting, Vinnie Jones, Steven Mackintosh. Director: Guy Ritchie (1998, R)
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