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Negotiator, The (1998)

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All Time

of 190,116

1,339

1990's

of 24,698

211

1998

of 6,348

31
Action
- Action All Time
  
  of 5,893
  
  157
  
  Action of 1998
  
  of 166
  
  4
  
  Action of the 1990's
  
  of 1,477
  
  26
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,076
  
  217
  
  Crime of 1998
  
  of 97
  
  6
  
  Crime of the 1990's
  
  of 708
  
  44
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,985
  
  758
  
  Drama of 1998
  
  of 606
  
  19
  
  Drama of the 1990's
  
  of 4,160
  
  134
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  103
  
  Mystery of 1998
  
  of 56
  
  3
  
  Mystery of the 1990's
  
  of 306
  
  21
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,007
  
  282
  
  Thriller of 1998
  
  of 212
  
  6
  
  Thriller of the 1990's
  
  of 1,628
  
  57

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Negotiator, The (1998) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.9656

Avg Critic Score:2.8925

Negotiator, The (1998) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

A triumph of style over story, and of acting over characters. ...read the complete Negotiator movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

This little-hyped thriller emerges as a dark-horse winner by reminding us of how pleasurably exciting a popcorn movie can be when it's populated by actors who are in it for more than an exorbitant fee. ...read the complete Negotiator movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

``The Negotiator'' is a triumph of style over story, and of acting over characters. The movie's a thriller that really hums along, and I was intensely involved almost all the way. ...read the complete Negotiator movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Does Warner Bros. really think they can buy us off with a good script and great acting Who do they think they are We're America dammit! We want dinosaurs!At least I saw one good movie this week. ...read the complete Negotiator movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Any resemblance to the original Die Hard is not coincidental. And, like in the 1988 thriller, the approach of keeping the action confined to a small area works to heighten the tension. ...read the complete Negotiator movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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Walter Frith

Like the art of music, the art of film draws its influences from many different sources and the key to making a good motion picture is to present your own idea and make it unique without ripping off someone else's work. 'The Negotiator' works on several...read the complete Negotiator, The (1998) review at Walter Frith

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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

The Negotiator, once it gets going (there's a rather lengthy prosaic setup), is a satisfyingly tense and booby-trapped thriller about the meeting of two relentless minds....read the complete Negotiator, The (1998) review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

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Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

This is fairly efficient if you can square efficiency with being twice as long as necessary and overly familiar to boot; at least Jackson and Spacey keep it afloat....read the complete Negotiator, The (1998) review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

A whodunit so bafflingly constructed that you can't even figure out what it is, so the whodun part is superfluous....read the complete Negotiator, The (1998) review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

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