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88 Minutes (2008)

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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.
 

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Rated: R [See Full Rating] Rated R for disturbing violent content, brief nudity and language

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... 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 nearly a decade earlier, and sends the scholar/consultant on a desperate run to avert his imminent demise. Entering into Gramm's dangerous orbit are his dutiful assistant (Amy Brenneman), an FBI agent (William Forsythe), and his admiring young students (most notably Alicia Witt), all of whom add layers to the tense mystery. Shelved for years, 88 MINUTES was finally released in U.S. theaters during 2008, marking director Jon Avnet's first feature-film project since 1997's RED CORNER. (Avnet was brought in as a replacement for original helmer James Foley.) Pacino clearly knows his way around a thriller (see HEAT and INSOMNIA), and approaches his beleaguered character with typical gusto, while his costars, particularly Forsythe and Witt, also offer up energetic turns. Though the high-concept plot is secondary to Pacino's agitated performance, even those who drift from the storyline will appreciate the Hollywood veteran's over-the-top acting, especially if they are diehard fans of the iconic actor. [More]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger

Director: Jon Avnet

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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
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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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.

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05/13/08
Kevin McCarthy
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)
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This is an excruciating "88 Minutes."

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05/10/08
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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0/5

Lord in Heaven, how does stuff like this happen?

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05/04/08
Bob Grimm
Tucson Weekly
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1/5

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.

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05/01/08
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC
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The boys' throwdown reveals nothing. Neither man comprehends the lunacy of the plot, however, leaving that tiresome deciphering to you.

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04/30/08
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
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1/10

One of the absolutely stupidest mysteries ever to receive studio financing and a legitimate theatrical release in this country.

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04/27/08
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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1/5

[...]as dumb a movie as you're likely to see this year, and may go down as Pacino's worst ever.

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04/26/08
Pete Vonder Haar
Film Threat
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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.

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04/25/08
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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Is it as bad as everyone says? Why, yes! It is!

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04/24/08
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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1/5

...Hitchcock himself couldn't have saved this turkey.

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04/24/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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2.5/4

An enjoyable thriller for those who don't worry about plots...

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04/23/08
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
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1.5/4

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.

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04/23/08
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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1.5/5

Manages to pack a solid four-stars worth of unintentional hilarity into one-and-a-half-stars worth of bad movie.

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04/22/08
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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0/5

Forget the mess 88 Minutes as it only takes five minutes for viewers to recognize a loser.

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04/22/08
Diana Saenger
ReviewExpress.com
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6/10

A tense race against the clock

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04/22/08
Jackie K. Cooper
jackiekcooper.com
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2.5/4

Hoo-ha, Al, take the money and run.

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04/21/08
Larry Ratliff
San Antonio Express-News
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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.

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04/21/08
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
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It’s quite possibly the worst movie of 2008 so far.

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04/21/08
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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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.

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04/21/08
David Edelstein
New York Magazine
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