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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireAnna SmithEmpireAnna SmithSome developments seriously stretch credulity and the dialogue doesn’t always ring true. But the performances — including a sinister, matronly Kerry Fox — are as enjoyable as the tawdry film noir vibe.
- 60Time Out LondonNigel FloydTime Out LondonNigel FloydSoftley negotiates layers of deceit with skill, but an uncharacteristic visual and narrative tightness leaves one wondering what might have been.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawLooks dated and clunky, like a drawn-out episode of Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected on TV, and the direction doesn't have Softley's usual drive.
- 25Slant MagazineDrew HuntSlant MagazineDrew HuntIan Softley is far too interested in the minutia of the plot to bother with the Chabrolian elements of bourgeois excess or the Hitchcockian themes of mistaken identity.
- 25RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comNeither erotic nor thrilling, but rather reliant on cheap nudity and multiple mistaken-identity switcheroos in hopes of keeping us on edge.