The dead opposite of a "spectacular," Twilight will satisfy those who can gladly attune themselves to the novelistic subtleties of psychological mystery-thriller action.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 2, 2023

It's a reunion flick which plays like a vanity flick -- the actors are enjoying being together so why bother with getting the audience revved up?

| Original Score: 3/10 | Feb 2, 2023

It never reaches the heights of 1994's Nobody's Fool, Robert Benton's previous collaboration with Paul Newman and writer Richard Russo, but this gentle, low-key detective thriller features a great cast and goes its own whimsical way.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2023

Twilight is genuinely taut thriller with plenty of twists and turns. It has an intelligent plot and actors who don't need slow motion special effects to make things interesting.

| Jan 24, 2023

Like its hero, it's cool and laid-back.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 19, 2023

Twilight works in spite of its lack of any real mystery.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 23, 2022

With its underlying theme of Hollywood class resentment and an array of B-list citizenry, Robert Benton's aptly titled Twilight is better than a lot of contemporary films at capturing the feel of vintage Los Angeles-based detective fiction.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 9, 2018

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 22, 2011

The movie has a hazy, sleepy, and sad look that reminded me (favorably) of Chinatown. Brilliant.

| May 26, 2006

Never less than engaging and intelligent.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 15, 2005

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Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 22, 2004

neither day nor night and neither fish nor fowl. The picture swaggers from moody mystery to raunchy comedy, and neither style is Benton or Russo's forte.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 31, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 29, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 20, 2003

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 25, 2003

If this movie were cast with no-name actors or even rising stars, it would only be boring and undistinguished. But with a bill full of high-powered names like these, it's a downright disappointment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Imagine a Medicare version of the private eye Paul Newman played in both "Harper" (1966) and "The Drowning Pool" (1976), and you have "Twilight."

Full Review | Jan 2, 2003