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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's pure cinema, spread over several genres. It's a caper movie, a gangster movie, a sex movie and a slapstick comedy.
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's a complex, satisfying piece of entertainment, a succession of unexpected, outrageous scenes.
- The writing-directing team of brothers Larry and Andi Wachowski has chosen as its filmmaking debut a tightly constructed, stylishly (but rarely self-consciously) executed, gripping little noir parable that couldn't be more firmly grounded in American movie tradition if the filmmakers created a wacky romantic farce about mismatched paramours.
- 88ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFrom the first scene, however, it's obvious that the writing/directing team of Andy and Larry Wachowski are aiming for something considerably higher than rudimentary titillation. And, by taking chances and twisting conventions, they have hit paydirt.
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanLovingly designed in black and white, and played with a nice sense of irony, this offers the not unappealing spectacle of gorgeous, funny, clever women making fools of hard-boiled Mafia guys.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerThe Wachowski brothers are to be applauded for a film that is also nearly as stylishly funny as it is sexy and fast-paced.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis gets very suspenseful (as well as fairly gruesome) in spots, and if it never adds up to anything profound, it's still a welcome change to have a lesbian couple as the chief identification figures.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWhat's more, they toss a few original twists into a familiar generic set-up and thereby create a thoroughly entertaining and stylish thriller.
- 50Washington PostWashington PostLike so many other rob-the-mob movies, the plan seems pretty far-fetched, and the ending isn't much of a surprise. But if you like your films sprinkled liberally with sex, violence and humor, then you're bound to like Bound.
- 25Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittLarry and Andy Wachowski directed this lurid, sexually explicit thriller.