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Saturday, April 01, 2006

The Louse's view: Inside Man

Dog Day Afternoon it ain't. And certainly not The Anderson Tapes. But it was enjoyable enough watching the A-list talent working off each other. And yep, it's a bit of a simplistic metaphor about power in America with a naive/romantic piece of wishful thinking about super-smart thieves with a social conscience - but give us a break, it's a mainstream movie that looks good and holds one's attention and has some observations about race as well as New York that only Spike Lee could give us. The full house when we saw it seemed to think they were getting value for the ticket price. Let's hope he uses the profits to bring us more from his top drawer.

First posted at
http://film.guardian.co.uk/