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The patter is always fascinating, and at right angles to the action. [Mamet]'s like a magician who gets you all involved in his story about the King, the Queen and the Jack, while the whole point is that there's a rabbit in your pocket.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Until its final stumble, this intelligence thriller, starring Val Kilmer, is charged with brilliance.Full Review

Desson Thomson
Washington Post

Using simplicity as another form of deception, Mamet lays out a hand of three-card monte for the audience to see, then tricks it into guessing falsely. In this case, it's worth getting fooled out of a little cash.Full Review

Scott Tobias
The Onion (A.V. Club)

Is Spartan a perfect, or even a great, movie? Probably not. But in its prickly irascibility and deeply unsettling intelligence, it makes for a very, very good one.Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post

When Spartan is good, it's surprisingly gripping and fresh, and when it's bad, it's just another overcooked Hollywood paranoid thriller. Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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