Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 53
Fresh: 49 | Rotten: 4
This quirky little film about a gangster in therapy feels fresh and well-crafted.
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 17
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 1
This quirky little film about a gangster in therapy feels fresh and well-crafted.
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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 3,521
A middle-aged man finds love in the last place he was looking -- his psychiatrist's waiting room -- in this dark comedy drama. Alex (William H. Macy) is a man in his mid-forties who is having something of a midlife crisis; he's unhappy with his life; his marriage to Martha (Tracey Ullman) is going through a rough patch; he's worried about his six-year-old son, on whom he dotes; and he wishes he hadn't bucked under to the wishes of his domineering father Michael (Donald Sutherland) and started
Dec 1, 2000 Wide
Oct 23, 2001
Roxie Releasing
All Critics (62) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (4) | DVD (16)
Bromell ... is adept at piercing the heart of dysfunctional family ties.
It's less the plot than the texture that makes the film such an engaging surprise.
The results are quietly electrifying.
Stylish and assured, but it's finally too studied to get the kind of emotional heft it's looking for from its effects.
Radiates quiet and calm, while simmering with tension both comic and tragic.
There's so much that's fresh and surprising about the film that it deserves to be seen.
Singlehandedly, William H. Macy turns "Panic" into a slimmed-down "American Beauty" - a passive man lashing out to break a cycle of dissatisfaction and familial strife for happiness, however fleeting.
...the film never really takes off.
William H. Macy shines in unsettling, unusual thriller.
Quirky, funny, dark, it hits your funny bone, offends your sense of ethics, occasionally even touches your heartstrings.
Panic is the kind of movie that reminds you of other movies, then turns that familiarity into an asset.
Macy is ... remarkably good.
Even if no one sees it, it is one of the year's best films.
A worthy film that's well worth seeking out.
A pleasant offbeat film with wonderful William H. Macy. Very enjoyable.
October 30, 2011Super Reviewer
Panic is a relatively unknown movie, but a very good one. William H. Macys performance is easily his best besides his role in Fargo. He plays a hit man who is going through a midlife crisis. He has a wife, who he loves, and a son who he loves more than anything else. He is a contract killer in his fathers business and
June 6, 2011
Super Reviewer
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