Hope Davis' brilliant turn as Kinnear's naive but slightly naughty wife... is the cherry on director Richard Shepard's sundae.

| Jul 16, 2019

Brosnan's irreverent charm makes this a welcome alternative to Bond nonsense, even if it's insufficient to compensate for dreary Kinnear ...

Full Review | Aug 16, 2007

Nice characters and situations: unfortunately, writer-director Richard Shephard didn't have much idea where to go with them.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 27, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 1, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 4, 2006

Weird, but watchable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 24, 2006

Never as good as you'd hoped or as bad as you'd feared, The Matador is one of those of up-and-down experiences.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 20, 2006

Let the good times roll, and take a run at The Matador.

Full Review | Jan 14, 2006

It's painful to watch as the movie basically destroys itself in the second half, slipping from its elegant thriller setup to tired sitcom shenanigans.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 13, 2006

The destination isn't much to get excited about, but you're in good company along the way.

Full Review | Jan 13, 2006

[A] really, really strong film.

Full Review | Jan 9, 2006

Unevenly paced yet darkly funny and consistently intriguing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 6, 2006

The Matador strives for an airy, merry amorality, but it never quite achieves liftoff, though at times it comes close.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 6, 2006

In The Matador, Pierce Brosnan plays another man with license to kill, yet he gives a performance wildly unlike his suave superspy. In fact, it may be his best role yet.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 6, 2006

The chief joy in this film is the balance of vulnerability and conniving slickness that [Pierce] Brosnan brings to his hit man and the easy kick that a middle-class husband and wife get out of knowing him.

| Original Score: B | Jan 6, 2006

This comedy is as dark as it is oddly unpredictable -- and sporadically hilarious.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 6, 2006

A tart comedy about economic duress and the mind-set of a soon-to-be downsized hit man, it's also a salty celebration of the romance and necessity of friendship.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 6, 2006

Writer-director Richard Shepard's movie is just a sweet, broadly made buddy picture that happens to look a lot like an Almodovar production.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 6, 2006

Richard Shepard's noirish movie is constantly couched in quotation marks.

| Jan 5, 2006

Funny and touching.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 5, 2006