Review 1:
"...De Niro is utterly in his element here as a self-assured, celebrated Gothamite....[Roden] makes Emil into a scarily gleeful, quick-witted sociopath....[Theron provides] a bright cameo..."
Source: Variety
p.39-44 03/05/2001
Review 2:
"...It's fun to watch the notoriously press-shy de Niro preening for the cameras. He and Burns spar in style..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.67 03/29/2001
Review 3:
"...[The film] has a crowd-stopping impact....It's exhilarating to watch Mr. De Niro in 15 MINUTES, exulting in his pallor and workingman's verve....Mr. Herzfeld works with zest..."
Source: New York Times
p.E22 03/09/2001
Review 4:
"...De Niro gives a commanding performance, and Edward Burns is appealing....Grammar has fun with his slimeball role..."
Source: Movieline's Hollywood Life
p.34-7 03/01/2001
Review 5:
"...Exciting....Its savage indictment of the nexus involving media, crime and a voracious public is a cinematic statement difficult to ignore..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.1 03/09/2001