Rotten
So choppily assembled none of the various clues and innumerable suspects ever seem to lead anywhere.
Variety Staff, Variety
Physical Evidence
If he's innocent, the truth could save him. If he's guilty, the lies could kill her.
1989 · 1h 39m · R
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Crichton
Overview
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
Director and cast
- Michael Crichton Director
- Burt Reynolds as Joe Paris
- Theresa Russell as Jenny Hudson
- Ned Beatty as James Nicks
- Kay Lenz as Deborah Quinn
- Ted McGinley as Kyle
- Tom O'Brien as Matthew "Matt" Farley
- Kenneth Welsh as Harry Norton
- Ray Baker as Strickler
- Louis Negin as Jacob "Jake" Farley
- Paul Hubbard Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The case is crazy with clues, fights, new characters who fail to detain the attention, and all-important tapes containing something or other. The resolution is rubbish.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
Mr. Reynolds has appeared in a long string of stinkers in recent years, but this time, the trouble isn't his fault.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
The problem is that there is no chemistry at all between Reynolds and Russell; they stand near each other and speak words of emotion, but there's not much light in their eyes and they don't budge the needle on the romantic voltmeter.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
A showcase for Russell's amateurism, the director's ineptitude and the screenwriter's clogged pen.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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