Beautiful box with a cheap content

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 1999)

After "Se7en", which I repute a masterpiece, David Fincher returns with this noir that plays with secrets and deceptions. The content is cheap and the rhythm is slow. For more than an hour nothing really important happens. All the revelations are concentrated in the last few minutes without which the film would be a deadly bore also because Douglas is dull and unpleasant. Fincher, anyway, is still a good director: the grim atmosphere is flawless and the flashbacks are wonderful. If only he had had a good script!!!