The Silent Partner
EMC | Release Date: March 16, 1979 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
74
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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88
RogerEbert.comRoger Ebert
A small but wonderful gem of a thriller: A film in which complicated people and a very complicated plot come together in a mechanism that leaves us marveling at its ingenuity. Read full review
80
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
A dense, quirky, uncommonly interesting movie, this time with a high quotient of suspense. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
An undervalued 1978 thriller with an ingenious script by Curtis Hanson. [23 Feb 2001, p.18]
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The battle of wits is peppered with funny lines and the suspense seldom flags. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
The Silent Partner is one of the films that run the gamut from intrigue to violence. Read full review
63
Washington PostGary Arnold
Before it takes an appalling turn for the vicious, The Silent Partner seems an uncommonly clever and gripping suspense thriller. Even after the story threatens to self-destruct, you fight the impulse to suffer a major letdown, for the sake of the swell nerve-racking time you've been having up to that point. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDerek Smith
Though Duke’s film lacks the warmth and humanism of Something Wild, it’s possessed of a similarly idiosyncratic edginess. Read full review
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