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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The TelegraphCatherine GeeThe TelegraphCatherine GeeReflecting the mood of Nixon's America, the film plays on the anxieties of surveillance. [27 Oct 2012, p.36]
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPerhaps Lumet was simply too ambitious in trying to work anti-bugging sentiment into the film. If he'd thrown out all the hidden mikes and stuck with the Heist, The Anderson Tapes would have moved with a more confident step in the direction of Rififi.
- In Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes the quality of professionalism appears in rather lovely manifestations to raise a by no means perfect film to a level of intelligent efficiency that is not so very far beneath the reach of art.
- 70The GuardianThe GuardianA clever caper movie. [08 Oct 2011, p.46]
- 70The Observer (UK)The Observer (UK)An exciting tale with a cast that includes Christopher Walken and Martin Balsam, but its real concern is with a dehumanised, paranoid society dominated by electronic surveillance. [09 Oct 2011, p.46]
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA good example of the now-neglected caper genre.
- 40Village VoiceAndrew SarrisVillage VoiceAndrew SarrisI thought there were about 11 good minutes in it, and the rest confused and uncertain. [22 Jul 1971, p.55]