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Metascore
27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorLewd, crude and occasionally too brutal to take, it's also gorgeous, heartfelt.
- 80NewsweekNewsweekA highly entertaining movie in a genre that is often as stiff as the Lady Gibson's boning.
- 63Miami HeraldCurtis MorganMiami HeraldCurtis MorganA tad too raunchy for its own good.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt's vulgar, to be sure, but it's also brash and invigorating.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWatchable in a facile, trashy way. Unfortunately, most of the movie is mired in sludge, slime, mud, blood, and studiously dank cinematography.
- 50Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakSeattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakThere's not an original idea rattling around in the empty-headed but gorgeous-to-behold period film.
- 40Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesIt doesn't really hang together. And waaay too much style. Pity.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovRollicking is the term that best sums up Plunkett and Macleane, not in itself a bad thing, just, I think, not a very good thing.
- 38Chicago TribuneBarbara ShulgasserChicago TribuneBarbara ShulgasserScott treats the material as if it were grist for a 30-second spot or a rowdy music video.
- Everything is stunningly photographed by John Mathieson, but to paraphrase Gertrude Stein, a cockroach is a cockroach is a cockroach.