Roger Ebert Review Jan 5 2006

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-matador-2006
“I walked into “The Matador” expecting one film, and saw another… Brosnan redefines “hit man” in the best performance of his career (“I facilitate fatalities”), and Kinnear plays with, and against, his image as a regular kinda guy. […]The movie’s writer-director, Richard Shepard, balances the macabre and the sentimental, and understands that although his film contains questions like “don’t successful people always live with blood on their hands?” its real subject is friendship.”