Take is too enamored of its time-shifting gimmick and cheap suspense to ultimately have much impact.
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07/25/08
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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]
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... [More]
Starring: Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman, David Denman
Director: Charles Oliver
Reviews for Take
Top CriticDramatically, however, Take consistently works, and, with such a story, that's an amazing thing.
07/18/08
Top CriticA dreadfully misguided movie whose story of redemption is utterly irredeemable.
08/15/08
Resides in the same lives-intersect-through-tragedy wheelhouse as 21 Grams and Monster's Ball, without those films' romantic underpinnings or powerhouse performances.
07/24/08
As a formal exercise in pent-up and unleashed emotion, Take is intense and difficult to watch.
07/17/08
Take suffers from story overload, which is distracting.
07/24/08
Oliver's film manages to grapple with some knotty questions about justice, even if it is not nearly as bold or ironic as Lee Chang-dong's "Secret Sunshine"
08/13/08
Oliver wants to defend restorative justice, but his interest in this form of victim-offender mediation registers only as an afterthought.
07/16/08
Top CriticA heartfelt plea for penal reform.
07/13/08
Refreshingly ambitious and thoughtfully constructed.
07/16/08
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.
07/18/08
Top CriticA frantic mother and a desperate criminal cross paths with devastating results in first-time writer and director Charles Oliver's emotionally charged drama.
07/18/08
It's like a full-length public service announcement.
07/18/08
Top CriticThis melodrama about capital punishment has no shades of gray, only beige.
07/24/08
While Take has a few moments of eye-rolling absurdity, the film has a way of slithering under your skin and staying there.
07/16/08
Clean but adult-themed movie that takes an intense look at extreme forgiveness and restorative justice.
08/13/08
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.
07/23/08
Top CriticOliver's climactic twist merely nullifies any engagement with the characters' prior plights.
07/14/08
Stylistically as well as thematically complex.
08/13/08
Top CriticThe talky redemption element, however, ultimately feels artificially tacked on.
08/13/08
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