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Rafferty uses the word "moral" quite pointedly.
"In 1997," Rafferty writes, "independent movie after independent movie arrived in theaters on waves of critical admiration, and moviegoers unaccustomed to the peculiar moral universe of indie-ness must have emerged from these experiences deeply perplexed: wondering, perhaps, how the reviewers who carped about studio films like Steven Spielberg's majestic, flawed Amistad could embrace wholeheartedly stuff as dubious as Deconstructing Harry , The Sweet Hereafter , Boogie Nights , [and] In the Company of Men ." Rafferty correctly identifies indie film's "air of smugness."
"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.
"[A]fter all this time, a role that suits his rocklike demeanor perfectly and makes virtues of his expressive limitations" (Terrence Rafferty, The New Yorker ). Slow-paced and minimalist, the film is hailed as an anti-blockbuster: It "achieves a rare, and rarely earned, emotional depth ...
The film is a "devastating critique of the hetero male ego," says David Ansen of Newsweek . The direction, however, is dismissed by Rafferty as "amateurish."