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The Spanish Prisoner

1997

David Mamet

Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara ...

6.6

2,059

Mystery. Thriller Joe Ross, a naive employee of a corporation with a lucrative secret process, is tempted to betray it. But there's more to it than that.

	Author	Review
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"This is his sleekest and most engaging film thus far. If you like a good cat-and-mouse game with a keen ear for language, then go"	POS
United States	Leonard Klady Variety	"The picture is a devilishly clever series of reversals that keeps you guessing to the very end"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"David Mamet is an acquired, but delicious, taste"	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"'The Spanish Prisoner' seems an almost purely theoretical exercise, with Mamet as the con man whose sole goal is to make us believe anything he wants"	NEU
Canada	Liam Lacey The Globe and Mail	"Mamet's stylized dialogue, elaborate plot puzzles and the angry cleverness of his characterization makes for an invigorating, if not exactly likeable, mix."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"'The Spanish Prisoner' is the smoothest and most convincing of Mamet's elaborate charades and features intriguing performances by Steve Martin and Campbell Scott"	POS

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