August 14, 2011
Dennis plays a professor who was poisoned. He has 24 hours to find out who is trying to kill him. Complex plot.
Dennis Quaid,
Meg Ryan,
Charlotte Rampling,
Daniel Stern,
Jane Kaczmarek
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"They didn't kill me; I was dead already," is the statement uttered by Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid), an English professor at the University of Texas at Austin who has been poisoned by a slow-acting t... read more
DVD Release Date: October 14, 2003
Stats: 145 reviews
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February 21, 2009This remake of a 1949 film noir has Dennis Quaid, given a slow-acting poison, setting out to find his own murderer before it's too late. It is an involving and entertaining little picture from start to finish. Quaid is at his caustic best; and he is sadly one of the most underuse... read more
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January 5, 2007A reasonable stab at remaking a classic of the noir genre, but the lightweight leads feel more like a couple looking for a wacky rom com than a gritty thriller, and the twist at the end is unconvincing. The strong concept keeps it watchable however, and Charlotte Rampling's prese... read more
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March 13, 2008Comparing this music video film noir to body heat is a sin and will be punished by lashings from a wet noodle.
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December 8, 2008Based on the genre of film noir movies before it, and on a 1950s movie, including a 1940s noir book, the premise of this crime dsrama is that a man (Dennis Quaid) with a toxin in his blood has hours to solve his own murder. Suspense thriller worth owning. Twenty years later, a re... read more
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August 5, 2007a marital affair turns seductive and filled with intrigue, it was a good movie not the best of its kind but its title served its point
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August 4, 2007Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan do an excellent job to make this movie a very believable situation. I didn't know they could do the remake so well.
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April 2, 2007Poor remake of the classic Noir. This time the main character is a teacher not a salesman? Count me out.
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March 2, 2007I LOVE DENNIS QUAID Since JAWS ! SO SEXY HE IS !
HE did awesome in this movie ! A stick to your seat who caused it movie ! NO Butler, so no he did not do it ! MEG as always was beautiful and GReat actress !
Critic Reviews
April 3, 2005
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
August 27, 2004
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
The derivative and often silly screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue doesn't give the actors much to do except wish they never signed on to this sinking ship.
July 16, 2004
Victoria Alexander, FilmsInReview.com
Meg best stuff is behind her.
February 27, 2003
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
The "film noir on campus" idea works surprisingly well
January 17, 2003
Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium
It's not on the same level as the original, but it still manages a few enjoyable twists.
September 17, 2002
Clint Morris, Moviehole
Reasonably entertaining, but mostly tired remake
January 1, 2000
Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
Enough inventive moments to make it interesting
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