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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandHaunting and chilling, yet biting black tragi-comedy.
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorThis impressive - and utterly depressing - feature debut is another in the current rush of testaments to the power of the new corporation to suck the goodness from its employees and all who have the misfortune to enter its orbit.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoA devilish updating of Verdi's "Rigoletto."
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIf you require that you "like" a movie, then Rick is not for you, because there is nothing likable about it. It's rotten to the core and right down to the end. But if you find that such extremes can be fascinating, then the movie may cheer you, not because it is happy, but because it goes for broke.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA deliciously bitter tale of lust and betrayal.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceRick (Bill Pullman) is an embittered cad who fails to earn the audience's sympathy, so the film falls short of its source's tragic dimensions. That aside, Daniel Handler's script and Curtiss Clayton's direction hit all the right notes, especially in the final act.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe belated sentimentality of the movie is as thudding as its fire-and-brimstone moralism; they're really two sides of the same counterfeit coin.
- Feels like it was written by an oddball artist-temp type with an ax to grind - which, as it happens, it was.
- 40The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIt's hard for Rick to maintain this jangled tone, which aims to be simultaneously heartbreaking and broadly satirical. The latter tack pushes Rick too far, and too soon.
- 30VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA noxious little tale of Wall Street types whose amorality knows no limit, Rick takes smarmy knowingness to ludicrous extremes.