James Berardinelli of ReelViews , said that The Jackal failed to stimulate its audience .
Metacritic gave the film a score of 36 out of 100 based on 20 reviews.. Retrieved September 14 , 2015.Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called it a `` glum , curiously flat thriller '' ; James Berardinelli of ReelViews called it `` so lifeless that there are times when it 's in danger of putting the audience into a coma '' ; Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle called it `` more preposterous than thrilling '' ; and Russell Smith of the Austin Chronicle called it `` 1997 's most tedious movie '' .
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