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Fierce People Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyRonnie Scheib

  Whenever Sutherland comes on scene, any inadequacies in the film's depiction of the well-to-do become irrelevant.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  Whereas most of the injustices suffered by "Nanny's" nanny are of the skin-deep variety, the hopelessly reductive Fierce People ups the ante.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  When F. Scott Fitzgerald remarked that the rich "are different from you and me," he might have been thinking of someone like the moody billionaire from Fierce People.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Dunne and Wittenborn, who adapted his book, work too hard at stressing just how ruthless the unspoken standards of the stinking rich can be, leading to a story-pivoting act of brutality toward Finn that careens the movie into a tonal wilderness that it never recovers from.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago Tribune

  The idea that rich people are an alien tribe is just one of many that get lost in Wittenborn's distracted script. Instead of exploring the concept, he throws out random incidents until he hits one that sends the film into a dark, grotesque spiral.

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