Sleuth

It's great Pinter comedy but it's distracting here.....What we're left with is a film both dazzlingly brilliant and incredibly irritating.....It has long been a yardstick for critical analysis to examine the manner in which a classic drama has been re-envisioned for a new age.....this doesn't confuse the drama -....Caine is now the legendary actor playing Olivier's part.... ... Full Review

Though Caine's charcter seems more sincere than sinister and far less eccentric, a strong script by Nobel laureate Harold Pinter still has him playing a wide range of moods and emotions, and stylish cinematography enhances the competition between the cuckold and the cheater. ... Full Review

And, amid the movie's many technologies of watching and acting, these tricks are surprisingly unsophisticated. The monitor distorts and also frames the action, the watchee is aware of the watcher, and the dynamic between the two is ever mediated by you, ultimate observer. ... Full Review

For all its flaws, "Sleuth" remains elegant and enigmatic....What this "Sleuth" lacks in enthusiasm it makes up in character-driven menace.....It's also a decent thriller, once you're able to shove memories of the original out of the way.....What makes "Sleuth" worth watching is the character work.....Pinter and Branagh take a quaint parlor mystery.... ... Full Review

Caine gives an amazing performance and there is one scene where hes as good as he has ever been. Meaner, leaner, darker and more vicious than the original, Sleuth is an impressive film that shows two film actors giving it their all. ... Full Review

He is, admittedly, excellent at setting tone; menace pervades the film throughout. Andrew's estate is more cold than grand, and Branagh, by lingering too fondly on the high-tech edge of it all, threatens to snuff the rawness out of his movie. ... Full Review

Sleuth 's demise is a tragedy unto itself, especially considering the talent involved, from the actors to the Nobel Prize-winning Pinter to the incredibly gifted Branagh, whose exceptional direction is probably most to blame. The twist that soon arrives is no twist at all; the makeup job on the investigator is so bad that it's impossible not to tell it's Law behind it. ... Full Review

Sleuth is too synthetic to draw you in as a drama, but for a while it's still quite enjoyable to watch two major actors trading hard-edged lines in a hard-edged setting. The fatal flaw is that the plot is nearly as unbelievable as everything else. ... Full Review

thought of The Crow In its own way, this film is an awesome....Pinter's dialogue is painfully unconvincing and mannered, neither remotely believable nor entertaining in its artificiality.....Branagh has unjustly fallen out of favour with London's arts media set, obsessed with boorish luvvie-bating:....Branagh, as a talented and accomplished actor himself, may have fatally indulged what he saw as an actors' project or, worse yet, a stars' project.....And Pinter's script is just self-parody, and dull self-par ... Full Review

Milo is young, lovely and, because he's played by the talented Law, a pleasant screen presence. Andrew is decades older, wattled and grooved and, because he's played by the talented Caine, equally fun to watch, even when he's as badly lighted as he often is here. ... Full Review