Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 19, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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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]