A damning "indictment of the excesses" of the era, says Newsday 's Jack Mathews.

Two years after release, Jack Mathews of the Los Angeles Times declared it "critically acclaimed and darn near commercial."

Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News named it the 5th best film of 2007.

It is what "it would be like reading papers for a freshman creative writing course" (Jack Mathews, Newsday ).

Jack Mathews of the Los Angeles Times described it as "both blessed and cursed with inspiration."

"Star Maps signals the arrival of a potentially major new talent," says Newsday 's Jack Mathews.

Newsday's Jack Mathews called it "an often funny pulp noir that grabs you by the throat."

As Jack Mathews writes in Newsday , the film is "superb," and "accurate or not, it makes a great story."

When they mentioned studio executives, "they exalted them as gods," said Jack Mathews, a film critic for Newsday.

"It's become a carnival midway of commercial attractions" (Jack Mathews, the Los Angeles Times ).

A damning "indictment of the excesses" of the era, says Newsday 's Jack Mathews.

Two years after release, Jack Mathews of the Los Angeles Times declared it "critically acclaimed and darn near commercial."

Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News named it the 5th best film of 2007.

It is what "it would be like reading papers for a freshman creative writing course" (Jack Mathews, Newsday ).

Jack Mathews of the Los Angeles Times described it as "both blessed and cursed with inspiration."

"Star Maps signals the arrival of a potentially major new talent," says Newsday 's Jack Mathews.

Newsday's Jack Mathews called it "an often funny pulp noir that grabs you by the throat."

As Jack Mathews writes in Newsday , the film is "superb," and "accurate or not, it makes a great story."

When they mentioned studio executives, "they exalted them as gods," said Jack Mathews, a film critic for Newsday.

"It's become a carnival midway of commercial attractions" (Jack Mathews, the Los Angeles Times ).