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Player, The (1992) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Player, The (1992) a score of 3.1895 out of 4

based on (56) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(34)

Good

(3)

Fair

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Poor

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Rolling Stone (Staff (Not credited))

What makes The Player the best and boldest American comedy in years is Altman's wizardry at leavening anger with cathartic wit. He sticks it to every target, himself and us included, with a wicked zest that hurts only when you laugh -- and The Player...read the complete Player, The (1992) review at Rolling Stone (Staff (Not credited))

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DVDnett.no

Robert Altman er en meget spesiell regissør, og en av en håndfull som våger å rendyrke en egen stil. Selv om hans popularitet har svingt voldsomt de siste 30 årene, regnes han av mange som en av de helt store moderne Hollywood-regissørene, og når...read the complete Player, The (1992) review at DVDnett.no

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Rolling Stone

Griffin Mill, the back-stabbing Hollywood studio exec brought to definitive life by Tim Robbins in The Player, gets antsy with writers who can't describe a movie in twenty-five words or less. So let's try condensing The Player to a prTcis: Robert Altman...read the complete Player, The (1992) review at Rolling Stone

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Movieline Magazine

Robert Altman is one of the directors who helped to create the ragged, improvisatory style that supplanted the classically well-made film. In such films as M*A*S*H, McCabe and Mrs. Miller and Nashville, Altman experimented with overlapping, sometimes...read the complete Player, The (1992) review at Movieline Magazine