skin, and the skin of his character. It's sad to see all that assurance used in the service of a plot so worn and mechanical."Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman gave the film a C+ grade. He wrote it was meant to be "...about the relationship between a semiretired gumshoe (Paul Newman) and two veteran movie stars (Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon)..." but was more "...about the trio of aging stars who play them." Barbara Shulgasser of the San Francisco Examiner said that it had a "dazzlingly smart script by Benton and co-writer Richard Russo." She wrote further: "Twilight is as close to a perfect film as I've seen in a long while." Heather Clisby of Movie Magazine International'' described it as "one of those films where everybody involved seems to have actually cared, thus we have a superb product with memorable characters brought to life by some of the finest actors of our time." Home media The DVD was released on October 7, 1998, in Widescreen. Features included English closed-captioning, Spanish subtitles, and the theatrical trailer, which included scenes that were not in the final edit of the film. References External links Twilight at Rotten Tomatoes 1998 films 1998 crime thriller films 1998 crime drama films 1990s thriller drama films American crime drama films American crime thriller films American thriller drama films Films shot in Los Angeles Films scored by Elmer Bernstein Films set in Los Angeles Films set in Mexico Films directed by Robert Benton American detective films Paramount Pictures films Films with screenplays by Robert Benton Films produced by Scott Rudin American neo-noir films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films