Best Laid Plans
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | Release Date: September 10, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
So concerned with being a film that it forgets to be a movie. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
The plot thickens and thickens and thickens until it chokes on a tangled mess of double-crosses.
0
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
An inept low-budget thriller. Read full review
80
Film.comTom Keogh
A careful, intelligent, and seamless design that makes room for a couple of unexpected twists. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklySteven Mikulan
Manages to be a fun twist-within-a-twist movie. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A fine mood piece with lots of atmosphere and boasts terrific performances from its stars. Read full review
75
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Doesn't come close to the pulp beauty and complexity of classic noir.
37
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Sadly, a film about betrayal is ultimately betrayed by the film maker's own lack of conviction. Read full review
38
New York PostJonathan Foreman
A cast almost talented enough to distract you from Ted Griffin's gimmicky screenplay.
40
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Director Mike Barber springs a twist ending that makes you sit up and stifle those yawns.
50
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
Style overwhelms substance by default. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Director Mike Barker has delivered a film that proves there's life left in the old genre yet, and does so with style, intelligence and surprisingly little violence. Read full review
75
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Has the refined taste to crib from classics like "Double Indemnity."
20
Village VoiceDennis Lim
A creakily mechanical B-noir. Read full review
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