The Contender (2000) Critic Reviews
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Based upon 12 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Wonderfully cast and slickly directed, but so crudely written.Read the full review
One of those rare movies where you leave the theater having been surprised and entertained, and then start arguing.Read the full review
Engages in the cinematic equivalent of not inhaling.Read the full review
It does move right along and it's enlivened by stronger, more enjoyable acting than this kind of picture usually provides.Read the full review
Until The Contender slips into partisan politics and platitudinous piety, it's a lively, entertaining ride.Read the full review
Thoroughly engrossing.Read the full review
Has a nonsensical twist ending that almost wrecks it, but until then it has enough fast, hyperliterate venality to make it great fun.Read the full review
A cast that chews the scenery with such obvious enjoyment that you're happy to put up with its tin-eared oratory and preposterous plot turns for the sake of a good ride.Read the full review
Compelling and provocative -- though not memorable.Read the full review
The large, talented cast elevates the film above the trappings of its loquacious debates, particularly Allen.Read the full review
