Review 1:
"...Jackson play one of his scarier characters....[Hall is] superb here..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.8D 03/13/1997
Review 2:
"...[A] beautifully controlled, slow-moving film....The acting is wonderfully understated, economical and unsentimental..."
Source: New York Times
p.C7 02/28/1997
Review 3:
"Four excellent lead performances, vividly evoked ambience and a masterfully sustained mood of quiet desperation mark SYDNEY as an impressive piece of work..."
Source: Variety
02/05/1996
Review 4:
"...A perfectly modulated mystery....With some terrific hand-held camera work by Robert Elswit..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F2 02/28/1997
Review 5:
"...Evocative, memorable....In HARD EIGHT, Anderson and his brilliant quartet prove that they know a great many questions..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.44 01/01/1998
Review 6:
"...It's about these specific people in this place and time, and that's why it's so good: It listens and sees....[Hall gives] another great performance..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.37 02/28/1997