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(1 - 38) of 38 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   1   "Although Brosnan is terrific, the rest of this dark comedy fails to reach the level of his tour-de-force performance."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker B- "insubstantial, but fun"   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 2.5/4 "Brosnan and Kinnear are a bullish odd couple."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 3/4 "...moves at a brisk pace and features a pair of exceedingly enjoyable performances..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "Thrives on its sleazeball hero being so colorful that you forget its thin, vacuous, amoral and improbable hit man story."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/4 "An effective, wise, and frequently amusing entertainment that fondly sticks in the viewer's memory after the end credits have finished rolling."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B+ "Brosnan's performance as a once-smooth hitman who has lost his mojo is as funny and as fearlessly absurd as anything he's ever done."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "Like the down-and-out version of his Tailor of Panama character, Brosnan’s performance here is a sincere treasure; possibly the most entertaining of his career."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "May not manage a clean cinematic thrust, but Brosnan puts on a fine, flamboyant show to keep the crowd entertained."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "Explores the friendship between a hit man and a suburban businessman that strains belief and leads to a totally improbable finale."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The movie has a nicely modulated mix of comedy and pathos, but succeeds as much because of the two lead performances as Richard Shepard's writing and directing."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Casting Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets) to play the straight man to Brosnan's wacked-out whack-man was a stroke of genius."   Reel.com   James Plath 3/4 "Brosnan's sleazy, broken-spirited hitman Julian Noble nabs the spotlight in Richard Shepard's generally pleasing comic thriller"   Perihelion Journal   Jay Antani 3/4 "A refreshingly tetchy indie wrapped in mainstream clothing."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 4/5 "Demands to be loved in spite of itself and refuses to sugar-coat its characters for its audience. And that'll make it a love it or leave it film; there'll be no sitting on the fence after seeing this."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi "The Matador dances to its own rhythm."   Light Views   John Larsen "This occasionally stylish effort from writer/director Richard Shepard just can't make up for its lightweight script."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3.5/5 "in an ideal world, The Matador would be the movie to watch on a late Friday afternoon to start relaxing for the weekend"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 4.5/5 "It's quirky (everyone says so, but it's absolutely accurate) and chock full of real live heart and truth and human connection."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B- "...plays a little classier, a little more hip than it otherwise might have due to Pierce Brosnan's rascally embracement of poking holes in his own image..."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/4 "A breezy entertainment -- perhaps too much so."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 6/10 "This film is not so much a thriller as a comedy of bad manners. Action is kept to a minimum, but the conversation is what is interesting."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 2.5/4 "Brosnan walks the line between sympathy and repulsion as a cartoony lonely assassin"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 2.5/4 "As exceptional as [Brosnan and Kinnear] are... writer-director Richard Shepard's film is ultimately the formula buddy picture that one would expect from the premise."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 1/4 "A painful morass of Odd Couple bickering and Elmore Leonard-style criminal kookiness."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "Pierce Brosnan oferece, aqui, um dos melhores desempenhos de sua carreira."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 3/5 "Slightly more engaging than most, even when the plot starts to stretch rather thin in the final act"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "Brosnan's work as a monster who'd like to become human, but has no idea how, is painfully funny."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B+ "As January settles in to its usual mix of unspeakable turds and gravitas-laden Oscar contenders, a sucker punch like this is just what the doctor ordered."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux B "A strangely funny dark comedy with Hitchcockian overtones."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "A hit man/buddy flick that has a heart? Not something I was expecting with this likable assassin-lite comedy that is both entertaining and darkly funny."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 4/5 "Brosnan and Kinnear deliver one of the most satisfying "guy movie" duos since De Niro and Grodin paired up for Midnight Run."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg 4/5 "Told with kinetic flair and a go-for-broke style that's more amusing than engrossing."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 6/10 "Sneaky, off-beat, satirically seedy psychodrama/thriller with Pierce Brosnan as a droll, comically demented hit-man"   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 2.5/4 "Neither challenging nor incompetent, the picture isn't courageous enough to fail and thus not courageous enough to be a masterpiece."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 8/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 38) of 38 OFCS Rating: 78% Fresh Page   1