Critical Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, 33% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 147 reviews. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 49 out of 100, based on 34 reviews.
While Peter Travers of Rolling Stone greatly appreciated the film, it received generally mixed reviews, with many critics complaining that it was too reliant on style and did not concentrate on the building of characters.
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