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Metascore
21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]USA TodayStaff [Not Credited]August Strindberg's psychological drama of erotic class conflict gets a bracing, claustrophobic workout from director Mike Figgis.
- 75Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyEffectively cast and shot with exciting immediacy.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIntense, erotic and willful.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFiggis never frees the play enough from the stage to fill the screen.
- 50L.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonL.A. WeeklyJohn PattersonA solidly filmed great play.
- 50Film.comHenry Cabot BeckFilm.comHenry Cabot BeckUsing current hand-held camera technology to ape the political and esthetic sensibility of the 1960s.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe dialogue may be crisply idiomatic, but there's finally nothing realistic about the speed with which the characters hurtle through their mood swings and power plays.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThis intense psycho-sexual drama doesn't easily lend itself to the camera.
- 10Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufA strong contender for Worst Picture of All Time.