Critical Reception
The film received generally positive reviews, earning a 66% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 165 reviews. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 61 out of 100, based on 34 reviews.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times named it the 5th best film of 2007.
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