Playing twitchy crazies isn't Vaughn's strong suit, a point made crystal clear with the subsequent release of the same year's abysmal Psycho remake with Vaughn as Norman Bates.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 31, 2021

One of those post-Coen Brothers crime thingys that goes to extremes to make sure that everyone knows the filmmakers are too painfully cool to really mean anything they're showing you.

| Feb 6, 2018

Call this one Fargo Lite, and you won't be far off the mark.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 26, 2014

Slanted as a black comedy, but fails to secure the sufficiently outre tone (let alone any real suspense) needed to make it more than a middling retread.

Full Review | Mar 26, 2009

This quirky comedy thriller, produced by Ridley Scott, is both blackly funny and, at times, tensely disturbing and quite macabre.

| Feb 9, 2006

Vince Vaughn may play the two best movie serial killers this year if his Norman Bates rendition can match his performance in Clay Pigeons.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 27, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 8, 2005

An okay little High Plains Noir, but it unravels at the end.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | May 27, 2005

The boyishly braying laugh Vaughn punctuates his conversations with is a true actor's finesse on his character.

| Original Score: B | Apr 9, 2005

Twisted and quietly addicting crime flick.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2005

Great performance by Vaughn

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 27, 2004

It's hard to put a finger on what exactly this film is, and, for a while, it seems as if the filmmakers aren't sure what they're after, either.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2004

Brilliant direction.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 16, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 17, 2003

This is not your classic whodunit. It's blacker, funnier, and edgier.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 7, 2002

Mr. Vaughn is possessed not only of long limbs and an attractive face, but also of a distinctive voice that he uses to command attention, even when his material is routine.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 15, 2002

Actually brings a clean, new and very funny edge to the weathered genre of crime and sleaze.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 5, 2002