Any doubts as to whether Sienna Miller is a gifted actress should be laid to rest by Interview.

I've sat through so many claustrophobic examples of the genre I forgot how exhilarating, how pure a great one could be. Interview is a great one--electric as theater and cinema.

The back-and-forth between the performers is tensely choreographed, and Buscemi does a good job opening up the action, which mostly takes place in a Manhattan loft.

The Interview is mannered, implausible, and stagy, but queasily compelling all the same.

I found Interview kind of fascinating, especially in the ways that Buscemi and Miller make their performances into commentaries on the types of characters they play.

Despite the fact that both protagonists are equally appalling, the screenplay seems to have a soft spot for the woman. However, this doesn't take away from the fun of watching the two characters tear each other to pieces.

The first of three planned remakes of Dutch films by the late Theo van Gogh, Steve Buscemi's Interview takes the most unnatural act in human intercourse - the celebrity interview - and makes an explosively funny two-character psychodrama out of it.

Some bits are too stagy, but for the most part this long night feels like an interview that could have actually happened. Miller is so good - dumb, smart, wounded, wounding, a lollipop of sweet poison that you'd buy every day until it killed you - that you feel you not only understand her but all actresses.

The film's emotional claustrophobia may not be for everyone.

While the subject matter is certainly American enough, it seems possible the original had a bit more depth.

Stick with it for Miller's gutsy tour de force and the kick of watching Buscemi, as actor and filmmaker, turn an experiment into a mesmerizing battle of wills.

The film is enjoyable as a performance piece, an eminently watchable contest between two actors at the top of their games.

Vaporous and chilled to freezing, Interview lacks a single honest moment, but it does have plenty of diverting ones.

Afforded a comparatively rare chance to stretch out in a complex lead role, Buscemi is excellent.