Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics  Critic score
distribution:   1. Positive: 18 out of 24   2. Negative: 0 out
of 24   1. 90     Filled with vivid and likable characters, The
Opportunists could be the basis for a TV series as captivating
as "The Sopranos."   2. 80     It's Walken who's most
impressive.   3. 80     A very small film, as they say in the
movie business, but its stylish suspensefulness is nicely
leavened by Connell's obvious, and welcome, love for his hapless
characters.   4. 80     This is one of the best-photographed
pictures of the year, but not ostentatiously so; the look is
organic to the less-than-glamorous badlands of Sunnyside,
Queens.   5. 75     He (Walken) is a gifted classical
actor...and here he understands Victor Kelly from the inside
out.   6. Reviewed by: Marc Caro     Contains ample dry humor
and its share of surprising turns, but they operate on a human
level rather than with the kind of empty flash we've come to
expect from the post-Tarantino crime flicks.   7.