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The Net

1995

Irwin Winkler

Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker ...

5.2

35,586

Thriller. Action. Mystery Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and has few friends outside of cyberspace. Taking her first vacation in years she becomes embroiled in a web (sic) of computer espionage.

	Media	Author	Review
		Caryn James The New York Times	"[Winkler's] directing style usually destroys a suspense movie, but Ms. Bullock is so sincere and the plot so intriguing that the film survives"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"What 'The Net' does convincingly is that it provides constant reminders of how fragile every system is when we completely rely on computers"
		Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"Though implausibilities riddle the plot like bullet holes after a gundown, there's something clever about the situation (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This stuff is so concocted I had no business caring about it. But I did, because of Bullock (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Barbara Shulgasser-Parker Common Sense Media	"An efficient, high-anxiety thriller (...) For maximum enjoyment, viewers would do best to give in to the Hollywood glitz and suspend disbelief regarding the massive conspiracy."
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"'The Net' starts off strong but finishes weak, and if not for the presence of actress Sandra Bullock, who graces nearly every scene, this movie might have been a snoozer (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

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