Toronto. Cleaner.

"A potentially compelling film noir story delivered in an irritatingly bright and overzealous package, Cleaner has two very excellent things going for it - and their names are Samuel L Jackson and Ed Harris," writes Scott Weinberg at Cinematical. "If you're a serious fan of either actor (and if you're not, you should be), then you'll definitely want to rent Cleaner once it (eventually) pops up in your local theater video store. Beyond the contributions from Jackson and Harris, however, there's very little worth talking about where Cleaner is concerned."

"Prior to this screening, Scott and I were trying to entice some of our critic friends to join us, saying, 'Don't you want to find out what kind of Renny Harlin film is deemed festival-worthy?' Turns out the answer is, 'A very boring one,'" writes Noel Murray at the AV Club.

"The script by Matthew Aldrich is a solid, albeit fairly predictable, effort and Harlin does a capable workman's job bringing it to life," writes Mike White. "I won't object to seeing this one again on cable."

Posted by dwhudson at October 3, 2007 5:06 AM