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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    It's hilarious, and contains some of Mamet's best dialogue. And that somehow, by making a racist, murderous, Everycreep his protagonist, Mamet is able to produce some of his most penetrating psychological and spiritual insights. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    In Mamet's understanding, straight white maleness is the most powerful weapon such men have. It can also be illusory, which is why the last scenes of Edmond are so touching. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Mr. Macy, a master at playing sticks of human dynamite in mild-mannered camouflage, gives the nerviest screen performance of his career. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    We're in David Mamet World. William H. Macy -- the quintessential player of Mamet men in all their impacted rage -- stars in this claustrophobic adaptation. Read full review

  • 60
    New York Magazine |

    Depressing, disgusting, and dated, Edmond is worth braving to experience America's best-known serious playwright at his most gruesomely undiluted. Read full review

  • 50
    New York Daily News | Jack Mathews

    From the beginning, Edmond is too self-absorbed for us to care much about his fate, but like the proverbial train wreck, you can't tear your eyes - or your ears - away from the spectacle. Read full review

  • 50
    Austin Chronicle | Marjorie Baumgarten

    An intriguing, disquieting, but ultimately overdrawn nightmare. Read full review

  • 50
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    For hard-core David Mamet fans only...Edmond serves to remind you how artificial the dialogue and dramaturgy truly was in early Mamet. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Gene Seymour

    Edmond does, on the surface, seem very much a contemporary tale of urban terror. Yet despite the best efforts of all concerned, what seemed explosive and provocative two decades ago now comes across as schematic and artificial. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety | Scott Foundas

    Despite agreeably short running time and committed performances, Edmond is rendered inert by its stagy atmosphere and failure to fully mine the depths of its protagonist's complex psyche. Read full review

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