15 Minutes
New Line Cinema | Release Date: March 9, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
34
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
9
Negative:
15
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Big, loud and lurid, but no less entertaining for that. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
A fairly hypocritical exercise -- and one that's so flamboyant and overbearing that it comes perilously close to being a classic awful. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The Czech Republic and Russia, the respective homes of Emil and Oleg, should sue. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Less a movie for intelligent moviegoers than a suggestion that we're all brainless chickens. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The premise is promising, but Herzfeld cares more about sensationalism than substance, and portions of the picture are far nastier than they had to be. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
Less the blistering satire it imagines itself than a blustering, bloody, blundering melodrama about bottom feeders nibbling each other.
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Too busy trying to make remarks to be much fun in the end. But it really only has one remark, which it reiterates about a thousand times, and it's not all that remarkable: Fame is overrated. Read full review
40
VarietyTodd McCarthy
A thriller more contrived than it is exciting. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Herzfeld's sophomore movie is one long howl of rage over the relationship between criminals, journalists and thrill-hungry audiences. Read full review
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