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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
This is the second movie Judd and Freeman have made together (after "Kiss the Girls" in 1997). They're both good at projecting a kind of Southern intelligence that knows its way around the frailties of human nature.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Has some faults, but it manages to keep its audience either angry or jumpy from start to finish.
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70
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Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
Satisfies a hunger for the basics: a decent mystery to chew on, a bit of juicy suspense, maybe a plot twist as garnish. The fare is all on the standard menu, but it goes down well just the same.
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60
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
The problem with High Crimes, acceptable though it is, is that it's not close to anyone's best work.
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60
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Ms. Judd commands the screen with consistent authority, and Mr. Freeman brings expansive humor to the role of a self-styled wildcard who's still dangerous in court.
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50
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The New York Times Dana Stevens
For his part. Mr. Freeman shows himself, once again, incapable of giving a bad performance.
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50
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
This is very much a ''woman's picture,'' driven by a twin rudder of anxiety and empowerment.
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50
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USA Today Mike Clark
It's no crime the movie has one or two endings too many, given that many thrillers of the past quarter-century have had the same. But Judd's latest is too harmless to be anything but a misdemeanor.
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50
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Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Every minute of the film is trash, and director Carl Franklin seems to know it.
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20
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Washington Post Stephen Hunter
All in all, High Crimes isn't worth the crayons it took to write the script.
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