The film is a disaster in every way possible. I have rarely seen a big budget, star studded, major studio motion picture flop this hard.
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06/08/08
88 Minutes (2008)
6 %
Reviews Counted: 104 Fresh: 6 Rotten:98 Average Rating: 2.6/10
Consensus:
88 Minutes is a shockingly inept psychological thriller that expertly squanders the talent at hand.
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 18, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $16,930,884
Synopsis: In 88 MINUTES, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a Seattle-based college professor and forensic psychiatrist, is informed by an enigmatic caller that he has exactly that amount of time to live. The threat is linked to Gramm's role in putting a convicted serial killer (Neal McDonough) behind bars... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Jon Avnet
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When they were counting down the 88 minutes, I just kept saying to myself, "oh man, this movie still has 72 minutes left?" "Oh man, this movie has 17 minutes left?" I just couldn't wait to get out of the theatre.
05/13/08
Given that 88 Minutes actually runs 108 minutes, it's tempting to make the joke that the movie is 20 minutes too long. In actuality, it's 108 minutes too long.
05/01/08
The boys' throwdown reveals nothing. Neither man comprehends the lunacy of the plot, however, leaving that tiresome deciphering to you.
04/30/08
One of the absolutely stupidest mysteries ever to receive studio financing and a legitimate theatrical release in this country.
04/27/08
[...]as dumb a movie as you're likely to see this year, and may go down as Pacino's worst ever.
04/26/08
If you like your women half-naked, strung upside-down from pulleys, and sliced like deli meat, this is the movie for you. Whether the victims are more tortured than the plot is a serious question.
04/25/08
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It's usually fun when a murder-mystery offers several suspects, but this goes beyond serving up a few red herrings; here, we get trout, tilapia and mahi mahi as well.
04/23/08
Manages to pack a solid four-stars worth of unintentional hilarity into one-and-a-half-stars worth of bad movie.
04/22/08
Forget the mess 88 Minutes as it only takes five minutes for viewers to recognize a loser.
04/22/08
Nothing would give me keener pleasure than to reveal the identity of the killer, but a day after seeing the film I have genuinely forgotten.
04/21/08
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The galumphing serial-killer picture 88 Minutes is dumb enough to be straight out of the parodies in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
04/21/08
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