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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsWith more than a passing nod to the Hollywood mob movie, Pavel Lounguine ("Luna Park") crafts this superb post-Soviet "Godfather" movie loosely based on the exploits of bad boy billionaire Boris Berezovsky.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittLounguine tells the story with more discipline than you'll find in his earlier films, painting a crowded portrait of a society moving toward a future it can neither confidently predict nor look forward to with anything but nervous anticipation.
- 70VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungA savvy, fast-paced political thriller dealing with the meteoric rise and fall of a new Russian businessman.
- 70TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe flashback structure drains the story of momentum, but Mashkov and Uchaineshvili portray the reptilian glamour of cultured thugs with frightening intensity.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenFor all its energy and fine acting, Tycoon has a frustrating lack of narrative coherence.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayWhile the players are circling and silently sizing each other up, the audience may find itself straining to look around them, to see the history they're blocking.
- 40The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannWe become so distracted by the jigsaw effect that soon we are more concerned with the assemblage itself than with what it is about.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoWait for the video, then fast-forward through every scene except the ones featuring Maria Mironova as a cheating wife.
- 20Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonThough a relatively sober essay on criminal organization, Tycoon is also thoroughly pulpy -- that is, crass, unimaginative, corner-cutting, and simplistic, with the visual vocabulary of daytime soap.
- 20Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThe movie covers too much ground with too little detail. It manages to be convoluted, complicated, incomprehensible and maddeningly thin all at the same time.