| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2011

The central pair's shattering, once-in-a-lifetime passion cries out for more urgency and emotional power.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 26, 2008

Elaborate visual mounting and iconographic placement of the romantic leads are the movie's preoccupation, with the overthrow of Batista merely providing local color.

| May 26, 2008

Director Sydney Pollack and star Robert Redford have lost their normally dependable quality touch as they slog through a notably uncompelling $45 million-plus tale of a gringo caught up in the Cuban revolution.

| May 26, 2008

The whole thing lacks conviction.

| Sep 30, 2006

The glittering decadence of this culture on the verge of collapse is in fact the film's most fascinating aspect, and Mr. Pollack has re-created it extravagantly.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 20, 2003

Some fundamental things still do apply as time goes go by.

Full Review | May 12, 2001

The lesson: Get into practice before remaking a classic. And until then, here's not looking at you, kids.

| Jan 1, 2000

At best, Pollack achieves a counterfeit sense of this atmosphere. But he insists on continuing the card game anyway, an over-extended misdeal of a movie that refuses to fold.

| Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 1, 1990