Dramatically and cinematically, the film is fabulous until the final third of its two hours, when everyone tries a tad too hard, from scriptwriter to director.
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01/01/00
Absolute Power (1997)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:18
Rotten:21
Average Rating:5.6/10
Synopsis: In this slick political thriller, an emotionally disconnected, aesthetically refined master thief is out for one final score before retiring to his treasure-lined hideaway. But during a robbery at... [More]
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
Director: Clint Eastwood
Reviews for Absolute Power
Top Critic...suffers from the same pathology as Bridges of Madison County; a weakness of source material.
12/31/04
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01/01/00
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06/05/02
Not one of Clint's best, but still better-than-average entertainment.
08/22/08
Not many thrillers slow down to notice relationships, but this one does.
01/01/00
Top CriticUm filme inconstante que alterna bons momentos com outros muito fracos.
05/31/02
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01/01/00
Eastwood films with his usual effortless pace, generating suspense practically out of thin air.
05/29/09
Sadly, any lofty artistic aspirations are quickly undone by the sheer ill-advised audacity of the story.
01/01/00
Contrived and dawdling.
07/23/07
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10/18/08
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10/18/08
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06/06/03
Can't believe William Goldman wrote this crap, or that Eastwood, Hackman, Harris, and Davis bothered to get involved with it either.
06/18/02
This is just a better makeup job on the same misogynist theme: live woman = nothing; dead woman = power.
01/01/00
Eastwood labors in a role that calls for someone far less forceful, while Hackman is positively embarassing. These were the same guys who made Unforgiven?
02/06/03
Ultimately, this is a thriller in vain search of credible thrills.
04/12/02
Besides the ridiculousness of the plot, some of the acting is terrible. Embarrassingly bad as the President, Hackman wastes his great talent on a poorly written character.
01/01/00
A pretty decent suspense movie, until its last half hour or so, which ends on a flaccid note and doesn't generate the needed resolution for the solid build-up that came before.
12/06/05
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