"...The whole thing feels remarkably fresh, vibrant and new....The movie is adult, intelligent, sweeping yet intimate, nail-bitingly suspenseful, buoyed by an impeccable, uniformly powerhouse cast, and it provides a real perspective on a real issue..."
Premiere "...A mosaic of heightened reality....A picture fascinating in its complexit....The technical contributions are adroit and stylish..."
Hollywood Reporter "Steven Soderbergh's great, despairing squall of a film [infuses] epic cinematic form with jittery new rhythms and a fresh, acid-washed palette....The performances, by an ensemble from which not a false note issues, have the clarity and force of pithy instrumental solos insistently piercing through a dense cacaphony..."
New York Times Ranked #3 in Entertainment Weekly's "Owen Gleiberman's BEST MOVIES OF 2000"
Entertainment Weekly "...Multi-layered plotting and plenty of pleasing technical flourishes....Douglas is superb..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
Total Film "...Its vigorous, unjaded rush of imagery and story makes for an exciting visual experience..."
Sight and Sound "...[A] consistently credible drama..." -- 3 out of 4 stars
USA Today "...Soderbergh deftly weaves together four stories depicting the causes and effects of the illegal drug trade..."
Box Office "...Complex and ambitious....Yet another indication of how accomplished a filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has become..."
Los Angeles Times
