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Take (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 27

Fresh: 12

Rotten:15

Average Rating: 5.1/10

Consensus: A story of redemption held together with flashbacks, Take has moments of emotional intensity, but is ultimately undone by preachiness.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for some violent and disturbing content.

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jul 18, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Take occurs over two days – one day in the present and one day in the past. In the present, Ana drives through the desert to witness the execution of the man who has dominated her life for the... Take occurs over two days – one day in the present and one day in the past.

In the present, Ana drives through the desert to witness the execution of the man who has dominated her life for the past seven years, the man she has never spoken to. Saul, with his priest, waits out the final hours of his life. Each must grapple with what their lives have become since the day their paths crossed so many years ago.

In the past, Ana discovers that her seven-year old son, Jesse, has been kicked out of school. Unless she can find a night shift and home-school him, she will be forced to put Jesse in special-ed. Determined to save him from being lost in a world where he doesn't belong, Ana attempts to restore order to their lives.

On that same day, Saul is in a desperate fight against time to pay off his gambling debt and care for his ailing father. Forced to take on a precarious assignment for quick cash, he is faced with one struggle after another until he finds himself staring down a fateful moment of decision.

When Ana and Saul cross paths, it only takes an instant for their lives to be tragically connected. It is not until the present day, when Ana arrives at the prison to face the man who destroyed her life, that both Ana and Saul discover who they are and how far the soul will go to survive. --© Official Site
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Starring: Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman, David Denman

Starring: Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman, David Denman, Adam Rodriguez, Bill McKinney, Emily Harrison

Director: Charles Oliver

Director: Charles Oliver
Screenwriter: Charles Oliver
Studio: Liberation Entertainment

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This sullen dramatic thriller is introspective to the point of being navel-gazing. And its up-to-interpretation form of 'conclusion' is fairly pretentious.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/12/08
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

It's close but no cigar for first time writer/director Charles Oliver as he bashes his unfortunate audience with a preachy and one-dimensional exposition of revenge wearing restoration clothing.

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
08/18/08
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics

A dreadfully misguided movie whose story of redemption is utterly irredeemable.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/15/08
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Clean but adult-themed movie that takes an intense look at extreme forgiveness and restorative justice.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
08/13/08
Genelle Pugmire
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The talky redemption element, however, ultimately feels artificially tacked on.

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08/13/08
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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This is an uneven directorial debut -- but not an unaccomplished one. Oliver is a name to look out for -- it would be great to see what would happen if he worked with someone else's script.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
08/13/08
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

Stylistically as well as thematically complex.

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08/13/08
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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A confident debut film for Oliver, proficiently made and refreshingly subdued in style.

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08/13/08
Leo Goldsmith
indieWIRE

Take is too enamored of its time-shifting gimmick and cheap suspense to ultimately have much impact.

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07/25/08
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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Charles Oliver's directing debut, Take, unfolds in sun-baked Southwestern locations, but it's a dreary affair all the same.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
07/25/08
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

This melodrama about capital punishment has no shades of gray, only beige.

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment Comment
07/24/08
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly

Resides in the same lives-intersect-through-tragedy wheelhouse as 21 Grams and Monster's Ball, without those films' romantic underpinnings or powerhouse performances.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
07/24/08
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

Take suffers from story overload, which is distracting.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/24/08
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

Obscured by ugly, dark photography, a jumbled script, mumbled performances, and clueless direction that make it impossible to see or hear a lot of what’s going on even if you cared, the result is a film of monumental incompetence.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
07/23/08
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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A frantic mother and a desperate criminal cross paths with devastating results in first-time writer and director Charles Oliver's emotionally charged drama.

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07/18/08
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Dramatically, however, Take consistently works, and, with such a story, that's an amazing thing.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
07/18/08
John Anderson
Newsday
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A woefully earnest indie about a crime and its aftermath.

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07/18/08
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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It's like a full-length public service announcement.

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07/18/08
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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If there is anything the cinema needed less than another angst-ridden, cross-cutting tragedy about crime, fate, memory and redemption, it�s the kind shot in an ugly monochromatic palette like Take.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
07/18/08
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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As a formal exercise in pent-up and unleashed emotion, Take is intense and difficult to watch.

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07/17/08
Paul Brenner
Filmcritic.com
 
 
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