Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 19, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
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Negative:
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Portland OregonianTim Appelo
Amateur is a subversive action movie that uses lurid material for its own puckish purposes. [02 Jun 1995]
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Elizabeth Renzetti
Hartley gives us quirkiness in place of connection and usually forgets to put the thrill in the thriller, which is precisely what's endearing about this Amateur. [12 May 1995]
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Amateur, the fourth film of American independent filmmaker Hal Hartley, is by far his best - though, in the wake of "The Unbelievable Truth," "Trust" and "Simple Men," that is, admittedly, not saying much. [05 May 1995]
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Hartley turns what might have been a lurid pulp thriller into a freeze-dried art thing. He squeezes all the juice out of pulp. [19 May 1995]
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Wall Street JournalAmy Gamerman
Amateur is curiously monotone: a pulp fiction with all the pulp strained out. [13 Apr 1995]
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Except for a few coups de style, Amateur is a screenful of cool nothingness. [05 May 1995]