CRITICAL CONSENSUS

Margaret A. McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer

Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times

James Berardinelli - ReelViews

Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune

Jack Garner - Gannett News Service

Jay Carr - Boston Globe

Kevin Maynard - Mr. Showbiz

Claudia Puig - USA Today

Ron Weiskind - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Bill O'Driscoll - Pittsburgh City Paper

Jeff Vice - Deseret News

Steven Rosen - Denver Post

Rich Elias - Columbus Dispatch

Owen Gleiberman - EW

Susan Stark - Detroit News

DUELING CRITICS

"Grabs hold and doesn't let go...And its incomparable star [Denzel Washington] turns in the kind of blazing performance that most actors can only dream of achieving"

- Margaret A. McGurk

"Resorts to needle-in-a-haystack coincidences that will have movie-smart audiences -- especially urban audiences -- guffawing in derision and disbelief"

- Susan Stark