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Sam Raimi's dark morality fable impresses the critics: It's a "rivetingly accomplished crime thriller" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). As two brothers who happen on millions of dollars in a plane that's crashed into a snow bank, Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton turn in performances that "can be described only as flawless" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). The reviewers have some reservations: The moral deterioration of the characters is hard to watch, and the inevitability of the plot's outcome can be stifling.
Those in favor call the film "scorchingly funny" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ) and Stiller's performance "rivetingly caustic" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Those against complain that the film is "a shallow tale told by an idiot" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ) and that Stiller's junkie character is too thoroughly unappealing for the audience to ever root for him.