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Sydney (1996) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Sydney (1996) a score of 2.9141 out of 4

based on (39) reviews

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Excellent

(11)

Very Good

(20)

Good

(6)

Fair

(2)

Poor

(0)

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Flipside Movie Emporium (Michael Scrutchin)

Paul Thomas Anderson's debut feature, Hard Eight, was dumped into a limited release by its distributor just seven months before his sophomore effort, Boogie Nights, would overshadow it completely. The film...read the complete Sydney (1996) review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Michael Scrutchin)

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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

A young man named John blows all of his money in Vegas trying to get $6000 to bury his recently deceased mother. Sitting outside of a diner, an elderly gentleman named Sydney approaches and buys him lunch and learns of his problems. Sydney feels...read the complete Sydney (1996) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

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IMDB.com

HARD EIGHT opens with an encounter between two men at a roadside diner somewhere in the American West. John Finnegan (John C. Reilly) is down on his luck after a failed attempt to win the money for his mother's funeral playing blackjack; Sidney (Philip...read the complete Sydney (1996) review at IMDB.com

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San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)

Noirish thrillers live or die by their plot twists and dialogue... Unfortunately, the script by first-time filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson fails on both counts....read the complete Sydney (1996) review at San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein)