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100
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Los Angeles Times Sheila Benson
To think of a film this assured, this unified and this dizzyingly potent, you have to go back to "Blue Velvet." [22 Sept 1988]
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100
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USA Today Mike Clark
An instant classic, an Oscar-worthy showcase for Jeremy Irons, and a tightrope ballet over dicey screen material... A subtle movie - and thus a disturbing one. Like "Vertigo," "The Night of the Hunter," "Repulsion" and a few others, it finds beauty in morbidity - then nags you to come back for a second dose. [23 Sept 1988]
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100
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
For those who enjoy cinematic visits to other, darker worlds, this blood's for you. Watching Ringers is not unlike watching a critical operation -- unnerving but also enthralling. [23 Sept 1988]
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100
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
David Cronenberg's gelid masterpiece.
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100
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Entertainment Weekly
A masterpiece.
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90
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
What makes the performance(s) even better is that Mr. Irons invests these bizarre, potentially freakish characters with so much intelligence and so much real feeling. [23 Sept 1988, p.C10]
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88
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Chicago Tribune Dave Kehr
It's almost too rich in ideas for its own good: The sense of concentration and proportion isn't there. But it remains an astonishing, magnetic, devastating piece of work. [23 Sept 1988]
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
A little abhorrent yet strangely appealing. I found it arty and pretentious, but still couldn't turn my eyes away from its almost hypnotic coolness and fascinating psychological horrors. [23 Sept 1988]
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70
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Washington Post Rita Kempley
The movie is really almost tasteful considering [Cronenberg's] stomach-churning capacities. He always does it for a higher purpose, though, which is why his films sometimes win wider audiences. This one probably won't cross over, because it's too queasy. [23 Sept 1988]
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63
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The secret may be that Cronenberg approaches his trashy material with the objectivity of a scientist; it is his detached, cold style that makes the material creepy instead of simply sensational.
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