In that millisecond glower is all the fear, frustration, pent-up emotion, aggression and pure unadulterated self-loathing imaginable and it says volumes about where Strangers is heading.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2003

The inspired pairing of Channing and Stiles creates real dramatic fireworks.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 15, 2002

May be a hermetically sealed experience, but it is also a brilliantly integrated one.

| Jan 18, 2002

The core pleasure of the film is the complex and precise performance by the underrated talent Channing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 18, 2002

This is an impressive debut for Stettner and an even more impressive showcase for Channing and Stiles.

Full Review | Jan 17, 2002

It has almost nothing to do with women; it's about men's fantasies of women.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 14, 2001

It's all a tour de force for Channing, who hasn't had a movie role this meaty in years.

Full Review | Dec 14, 2001

Boasts barbed-wire performances from both actresses.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 14, 2001

This is writer-director Patrick Stettner's first film and, though modest in scale, it is uncommonly well-constructed and rich.

Full Review | Dec 14, 2001

It's grim out there, to be sure, but it is in many ways a riveting spectacle to survey from the safety and comfort of the movie theater.

Full Review | Dec 14, 2001

All that prevents Julie from turning into a stock-ticker symbol and Paula from being the poster girl for provocateurs are Channing and Stiles, who appear to draw on their own experiences.

| Dec 14, 2001

Channing and Stiles are the right choices for these roles. They zero in on each other like heat-seeking missiles.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 14, 2001

It does at least float a few ideas worth discussing, and it's kept interesting by the powerful performances of Channing and Stiles.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 14, 2001

The dynamic between [Stockard] Channing and [Julia] Stiles is as compelling as a freeway wreck.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2001

With any luck, it should earn Ms. Channing an Oscar nomination and mark Mr. Stettner as an astute observer of cultural mores.

Full Review | Dec 13, 2001

Mostly smart, spring-taut, low-budget indie drama.

Full Review | Dec 13, 2001

At 83 minutes the movie is without a wasted movement.

| Dec 12, 2001

[P]acks a big punch.

Full Review | Dec 10, 2001