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In this small and very smart film, Cronenberg does several things at once and makes them all look effortless, capturing various shadings of consciousness and versions of reality.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

This slow but brilliantly sustained journey into madness is fronted by a remarkable performance from Ralph Fiennes and superb backup from Miranda Richardson in a triple role.Full Review

David Rooney
Variety

In an instance of director, stars and material melding flawlessly, Spider is a brilliantly realized depiction of a mentally ill individual.Full Review

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

The most elegantly crafted and confidently directed of all his (Cronenberg's) films, it's a calm, chilling portrait of a blighted soul and, just as calmly but quite stunningly, an evocation of the thought processes behind the blight.Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal

His story is sad, compelling and morbidly, tragically watchable.Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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