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Sleuth (2007)

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All Time

of 190,179

8,344

2000's

of 34,048

2,877

2007

of 1,600

191
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,566
  
  2,276
  
  Comedy of 2007
  
  of 395
  
  53
  
  Comedy of the 2000's
  
  of 7,321
  
  774
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,020
  
  4,102
  
  Drama of 2007
  
  of 638
  
  109
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,670
  
  1,378
Mystery
- Mystery All Time
  
  of 3,090
  
  504
  
  Mystery of 2007
  
  of 35
  
  4
  
  Mystery of the 2000's
  
  of 716
  
  131
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,016
  
  1,482
  
  Thriller of 2007
  
  of 249
  
  43
  
  Thriller of the 2000's
  
  of 3,015
  
  539

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Sleuth (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.3073

Avg Critic Score:2.2217

Sleuth (2007) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

When "Sleuth" premiered last month at the Toronto Film Festival, a great many critics (including me), writing in advance about it sight unseen, described it as a "remake" of the 1972 film based on Anthony Shaffer's stage play. ...read the complete Sleuth movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

It's an interesting failure -- a film that works more successfully as a study of technique and writing than as a motion picture. ...read the complete Sleuth movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)

It is easy (inasmuch as any creative process is actually easy) to do parody or pastiche; one simply has to be aware of the familiar elements of a genre and repeat them, either mockingly or slavishly. Homage is a more difficult, and is sometimes as...read the complete Sleuth (2007) review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)

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Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)

Entertains more than it should, a sure sign that the real culprit is the fine talent assembled....read the complete Sleuth (2007) review at Film Journal International (Doris Toumarkine)

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This is London (Derek Malcolm)

Whether you like the film probably depends on whether you can treat it all as seriously as Pinter and Branagh. If you can't, this short, brackish piece will not work at all, even if you don't regard it as a piece of piss....read the complete Sleuth (2007) review at This is London (Derek Malcolm)

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The New York Times

If you like your contempt for humanity served overcooked and oozing fatty blobs of preening, lazy self-regard, you could not improve on Harold Pinter’s redo of the 1970 Anthony Shaffer play “Sleuth,” which Kenneth Branagh has used to remake the 1972...read the complete Sleuth (2007) review at The New York Times

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Sun Online (--)

Message to Jude: You have more chance of convincingly concealing that receding hairline than becoming the new Michael Caine. Stop trying to be something you are not � a charismatic actor....read the complete Sleuth (2007) review at Sun Online (--)

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