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The Magnificent Slevin?The critics on a stylish new thriller.

Posted Friday, April 7, 2006, at 3:36 PM ET

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In this week's audio-only Summary Judgment, Mark Jordan Legan sums up how the critics feel about three new releases: Lucky Number Slevin, a Tarantino-like thriller starring Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, and Bruce Willis; The Benchwarmers, a comedy starring Jon Heder, David Spade, and Rob Schneider; and Friends With Money, a dramedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Catherine Keener from the writer/director of Lovely and Amazing.

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