"LABEOUF AND JONIGKEIT ARE RIVETING... MAMET AT THE PEAK OF HIS CONSIDERABLE POWERS"

David Rooney, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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"LABEOUF'S PSYCHOTIC TEMPERAMENT MESMERIZES THE SCREEN AS SURELY AS IT INTIMIDATES THE TIMID JONIGKEIT"
Armond White, National Review


"SHIA LABEOUF GIVES A TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE"
Lael Loewentstein, FilmWeek (LAist)


"DAVID MAMET'S PRISON DRAMA BOASTS A MASTERFUL PERFORMANCE FROM SHIA LABEOUF"
Alex Maidy, JoBlo


A TERRIFIC PIECE OF FILMMAKING FROM THE START"
Elvis Mitchell, THE TREATMENT

"AS FOR LABEOUF, HIS PERFORMANCE IS SUPERB; NUANCED, AWARE, DRUMMED DOWN.  MAMET'S STRONG HAND TAKES HIM TO NEW HEIGHTS."
Glenn Kenny, ROGER EBERT


"NOBODY SINCE THE DEATH OF HAROLD PINTER CAN SHARPEN THE VERBAL KNIVES QUITE LIKE MAMET"
Nathaniel Bell, THE VILLAGE VOICE