While amusing rather than hilarious, it ought to establish Matt Damon as a star character actor.

...et underdrejet, humanistisk, kulsort, tragikomisk portræt af et højst kompliceret menneske.

...as Soderbergh lovingly peels away veil after veil of deception, the film develops into an unexpected human comedy. Not that any of the characters are laughing.

...earn its exclamation point with giggles as well as shock, and the results are thoroughly entertaining.

Manuset är inget mindre än genialt när det kommer till många av Whitacres tankar och Damons prestation gör karaktären nästan sympatisk.