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I appear to be in the minority here, but I felt this was not only interminably (and unnecessarily) long but that it also came across as embarrassingly amateurish at times. I've seen 4 of Cassavetes' films and, while I appreciate why he's considered important and influential, his technique is clearly not my cup of tea. Still, this is the first one I truly disliked. The god-awful, self-indulgent strip show segments were painful to endure (no wonder the dude's business is struggling!), and his approach to "realism" is ill-suited for the crime/thriller genre, rendering the action confusing and the dialog (ironically) unnatural and muffled. I didn't buy any of it and couldn't wait for it to end. Clearly I'm missing something with this one...