Editing Ordinary Decent Criminal (section)

== Reception ==
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The film received negative reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 14% based on reviews from 7 critics.<ref name="rt">{{rotten-tomatoes|ordinary_decent_criminal}}.{{Retrieved|accessdate=31 October 2009}}</ref>

[[Christopher Null]] writing for Filmcritic.com gave it 1.5 out of 5 wrote: "I can only imagine one thing worse than Kevin Spacey trying on an Irish accent, and that's sultry Linda Fiorentino doing the same thing." Though critical of the accents, he says the biggest problem is the dull and less than ordinary script.<ref>{{cite news  |date=22 January 2003|author= Christopher Null |author-link= Christopher Null |title= Ordinary Decent Criminal Review |newspaper= Contactmusic.com |url= http://www.contactmusic.net/film/review/ordinarydecentcriminal |publisher= FilmCritic.com <!-- defunct website --> |via= ContactMusic.net <!-- found copy --> }}</ref>

[[Derek Elley]] of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "an ordinary, decent movie. Neither an embarrassment nor a triumph, tedious nor gripping". Elley praised the cast but compared it unfavorable with John Boorman's 1998 film ''[[The General (1998 film)|The General]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=24 March 2000 |last1= Elley |first1= Derek |author-link= Derek Elley |title= Ordinary Decent Criminal |url= https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/ordinary-decent-criminal-1200460981/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref>