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(1 - 25) of 25 OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten Page   1   2.5/5 "Constantly upstaging the rest of the cast, and reminding us over and over that we are watching a stogy, old fashioned stage play, Branagh's loopy lens is indeed the best part of Sleuth. Everything else is just plain pointless."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron "A delicious little devil of a movie in its own right."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij "Once the homosexual subtext is brought to the surface, everything seems to be a joke. Are they gay, kidding, or just considering?"   PopMatters   Brian Holcomb B "Sleuth remains an effective display of acting, with enough twists and turns to satisfy the newcomers and avoid insulting the faithful."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf 2/5 "ambitious if not fatally amateurish"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin B "Michael Caine and Jude Law give inspired performances that make the most of Pinter's brilliant and pithy dialogue."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "And, amid the movie's many technologies of watching and acting, its "gotcha" tricks are surprisingly unsophisticated."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "What this Sleuth lacks in enthusiasm it makes up in character-driven menace."   DVDTalk.com   David Cornelius 2/4 "Alas, it just doesn't work. It could have, but it doesn't."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   David N. Butterworth 1.5/4 "...little more than an actor's showcase."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B+ "Devotees of the original may be appalled to see it changed in any way, but on its own terms it's pretty entertaining."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "It's hard to fault a 35th anniversary retelling for not being able to fool us, but you would think in that time they'd be able to find a way to make that second-act twist work on film."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "A film that gives a twist to the old chestnut, but one that shatters what was best about it in the first place."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/4 "It's an interesting failure -- a film that works more successfully as a study of technique and writing than as a motion picture."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Sleuth isn't incendiary or ground-breaking; it's a chance to see two very good actors (who also happen to be movie stars) work with very good material under the direction of a very good director."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 2.5/4 "A semi-satisfying game, set and match."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "Fans of the original, or even people who saw the original and said, 'Meh,' will likely be angered by this update --- especially the end, or more directly, the lack thereof."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 2/4 "Caine and Law go at it like tigers, but in the end they're just chasing their own tails."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 1/3 "Jude Law no es Michael Caine, Michael Caine no es Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Brannagh no es Joseph Mankiewicz y a Harold Pinter mejor no mencionarlo"   Off-Off-Critica   MalaBesta 2.5/4 "Ironically it's Branagh's relentless and painfully obvious attempts to keep the action visually 'interesting' that makes the proceedings come off even more stagy."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 4/5 "Even though it held no real surprises for me, I was still able to enjoy it simply for the spectacle of watching Caine and Law tearing into each other in the most nastily erudite manner possible."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 2.5/5 "Directed by Branagh as a stylish, nasty tug of war. But it's also murky and overwrought."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "While the cons do finally outweigh the pros... oh what marvelous pros they are."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux 5/10 "This was never going to be a masterpiece, but it didn't have to be nearly so frustrating."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 25) of 25 OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten Page   1