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True Crime

1999

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, James Woods, Denis Leary ...

6.7

16,686

Mystery. Thriller Steve Everett is an investigative reporter with a lot of problems. An alcoholic, he's only been sober for two months. An unrelenting womanizer, he's on the verge of being thrown out by his wife, Barbara. Thanks to his messy personal life, he was fired from the New York Times. He has since relocated to the West Coast and The Oakland Tribune. The move to the West Coast and the last-chance job haven't really influenced Everett's style ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Eastwood's latest picture boasts tight storytelling, sharp acting and an eye for unexpected, enlivening detail"	POS
United States	Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"It's hokey, implausible and packed with red herrings, and yet it's a lot of fun"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Wickedly effective thriller (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"An involving thriller that takes on growing urgency as Everett gets hooked by the Beachum case"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Another of those Warner Bros. productions that are heavy on star iconography and production values but AWOL on story."	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"For the most part this is another typically intelligent Eastwood film, a thriller that's unusually and movingly perceptive about human emotions"	POS

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