Nine Queens Critic Reviews

Deliciously funny and fiendishly clever con-man comedy that begins on a note of ingenuity that it then sustains with the tension of a high-wire act.Read the full review

As tricky and satisfying as any of David Mamet's airless cinematic shell games. Mamet's films are all plot and no atmosphere; this one has a squalid, urban-greed-meets-the-gutter mood that lends its filigreed cleverness an unusually resonant kick.Read the full review

A seductively structured and superbly acted suspenser that breathtakingly piles swindle upon scam without giving away the game until the very end.Read the full review

The kind of movie that seduces you into becoming putty in its manipulative card-sharking hands and making you enjoy being taken in by its shameless contrivance.Read the full review

When you think you've figured out Bielinsky's great game, that's when you're in the most trouble: He's the con, and you're just the mark.Read the full review

Wickedly clever drama.Read the full review

Elaborately layered movie about schemes and more schemes that pile up faster than chips on a blackjack table. The other half is realizing, about halfway through the film, that you won't figure it out until it's over.Read the full review

Bielinsky's debut is a fine con picture, but at its best, it achieves even more, presenting the profession as a lifestyle with almost existential ramifications.Read the full review

Leaves you feeling tense and terrific. It's fun to be fooled.Read the full review