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Movie Overview
Cast
• Gaston Pauls
• Ricardo Darin
• Leticia Bredice
Director
• Fabian Bielinsky
MPAA Rating
R - language
Nine Queens (2002)

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OFCS Rating: 81% Fresh
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100/100
"Maravillosa. El director Fabién Bielinksy hace su debut con Nueve Reinas, y la opera prima tiene de entrada el gusto de quien se arriesga ..."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

4/5
"[It's] a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of Mamet."  eFilmCritic.com  David Cornelius

2.5/4
"...by the time the end rolls around and the final twist has been revealed, it doesn't seem entirely plausible."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C+
"The film sort of winks at you to see if you can follow all the hustles..."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

2.5/4
"Nothing's at stake, just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away--still, the derivative Nine Queens is lots of fun."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

A
"The film is witty, exciting and entertaining."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

A-
"So engaging, so entertaining is this Mametian feast of con games and double-crosses that the subtitles seem to disappear and the reel change marks may as well not exist."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

C-
"A stingless 'Sting'...the viewer may feel that, whatever has happened to the characters, he's the one who's actually been ripped off."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"A fast paced and suspenseful Argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

C
"tale will be all too familiar for anyone who's seen George Roy Hill's 1973 film, "The Sting.""  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3.5/5
"A smart, enormously entertaining thriller whose preposterous conclusion in no way diminishes the fun of getting there."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

B+
"While Bielinsky doesn't bring anything new to the table, he has a smartly engineered scheme and a good poker face, and he's mastered the essential art of misdirection."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

3/4
"Nine Queens is not only than a frighteningly capable debut and genre piece, but also a snapshot of a dangerous political situation on the verge of coming to a head."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

7/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

6/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

B-
Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

Read review  Nitrate Online  Cynthia Fuchs

Read review  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 81% Fresh
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