Rolling Stone
"...What makes THE PLAYER the best and boldest American comedy in years is Altman's wizardry at leavening anger with cathartic wit..." 04/30/1992 p.63-4Entertainment Weekly
Ranked #8 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Films of the 90's" - "...Altman's ticklish satire can stand with his timeless work..." 04/01/2000 p.160 New York Times
"...So entertaining, so flip and so genially irreverent that it seems to announce the return of the great gregarous film maker....The members of the huge cast seem to be having a great night out on the town..." 04/10/1992 p.C16 Entertainment Weekly
"...THE PLAYER is a true comeback film for Altman -- a return, after more than 15 years, to the infinitely sly and supple virtuosity that marked his great film of the '70s..." 04/10/1992 p.38-40 Los Angeles Times
"...An artful stiletto aimed at the bashful heart of Hollywood....An extremely pointed and knowing show-biz dissection..." 05/01/1992 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...THE PLAYER is a smart movie, and a funny one. It is also absolutely of our time..." 04/24/1992 p.37 Total Film
"...[The film] includes the greatest tracking shot this side of TOUCH OF EVIL and cameos from everyone: Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Julia Roberts..." 07/01/2003 p.137 Empire
5 stars out of 5 -- "Altman set about mocking the hypocrisy of the business that had exiled him. In the guise of a black-comic thriller, he exposed the Hollywood malaise. And Hollywood loved him for it." 02/01/2008 p.142 | 
