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Critics see this biopic about Robert E. Howard, the author of the Conan the Barbarian stories, as an occasion to wax confessional, particularly on the subject of the writing life: "It's rare to see the basic conditions of a writer's existence--the solitude, the panic, the neediness, the unhealthy self-absorption--portrayed so starkly," says The New Yorker 's Terrence Rafferty.
Rafferty uses the word "moral" quite pointedly.
Most critics find little resemblance between German director Wolfgang Petersen's "hokey" action flick and his near-classic Das Boot . Harrison Ford's turn as a U.S. president who goes mano a mano with Russian hijackers aboard his official plane is deemed a "14-year-old boy's fantasy of being president" (David Denby, New York ). Reflecting a general weariness with the summer's Hollywood fare, The New Yorker 's Terrence Rafferty writes, "Let's hope they don't get any sillier than this."
"What's refreshing, and even sort of charming, about this thriller is that it's so obviously the work of diehards--of talented traditionalists who are dedicated to taking care of business" (Terrence Rafferty, The New Yorker ). Also lauded: the cast, which features Timothy Hutton, Stephen Dorff, and Harvey Keitel; and the movie's refusal to glamorize the criminal life.
The New Yorker 's Terrence Rafferty differs, denouncing the film's "killjoy moralism": It "isn't at all the sort of spectacle that audiences for romantic comedies expect, or deserve."