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(1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 26% Rotten Page   1   2.5/5 "Mediocre, but watchable."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null 65/100 "Snake Eyes so quickly disintegrates into formula, and the characters into caricatures, that it completely loses steam by the halfway mark."   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 2/4 "After the premise settles in the dust just as it should, the movie crumbles into one big mess where the characters spurt out some incredibly dumb dialogue and act like they are in some sort of Spice Girls music video."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes C "The camera is the only star of this film."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 4/10 "Promises to be a masterpiece, only to succumb to Hollywood mediocrity -- just like its director."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Dragan Antulov B "Instantly forgettable, but good fun while it lasts."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2.5/4 "De Palma doesn't know the meaning of the word "subtle" -- every scene in Snake Eyes uses a brash, in-your-face approach that works until the disappointing climax."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/4 "De Palma makes the mistake of revealing the mastermind behind an assassination conspiracy before the movie is half over, thus leaving himself with nothing to work with."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 1/5 "The film that not only made me give up on Brian DePalma -- the man can't make a good movie anymore -- but it also made me doubt the judgement of Nicolas Cage and Gary Sinise."   Netflix   James Rocchi 5/10 "The overall framework of the film leaves little to get excited about."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3 "Snake Eyes is a technical tour de force, sadly lacking in one important element - surprise and tension."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.5/4 "I don't think that there's anything in this film that really doesn't work."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 2/4 "Brian De Palma's exercise in flashy paranoia and shallow cynicism comes out of the gate like gangbusters, but falls apart in a flurry of preposterous plotting."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "At first the script is tight and twisty, but its resolution is a mediocre anticlimax."   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "One can merely watch the trailer and save about 96 minutes of one's life."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "The twists are thoroughly predictable, but even if any tension and suspense were generated, it would all be squandered by the film's contrived fizzle of an anticlimax, which is not only disappointing but makes little sense."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Michael Dequina 2/4 "It doesn't even make good camp."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 3/5 "Trabalhando com um cenário relativamente limitado, De Palma constrói uma história envolvente e ágil."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3.5/4 "Snake Eyes is about multiple perceptions of one major event, their relationship to each other and to the audience."   Slant Magazine   Paul Schrodt D "Starts on a roll, but finally craps out."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "I give De Palma and company credit for not succumbing to the usual bloat we see in big-budget Hollywood films."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "You're never asked to invest much in the characters, and by the time you've roused yourself to care, it's too late."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 4/10 "It's all quite implausible and the mindless, contrived ending is infuriating."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Susan Granger Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 24) of 24 OFCS Rating: 26% Rotten Page   1