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Ana
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November 18, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
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November 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
A dreadfully misguided movie whose story of redemption is utterly irredeemable.
August 15, 2008 | Rating: 0/5 | Full Review… -
The talky redemption element, however, ultimately feels artificially tacked on.
August 13, 2008 | Full Review… -
Stylistically as well as thematically complex.
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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"
August 13, 2008
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Jun 03, 2016Winds up being nothing more than a totally bizarre propaganda campaign for Restorative Justice. I can handle that, but what lost me is the fact that at absolutely no point from beginning to end was I interested in the events, or in the characters.Gimly M Super Reviewer
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Nov 14, 20133 3/4's--This is a very slow movie, but for some reason I kept with it. I am glad that I did. I found it thought provoking, tragic, and moving. The tragic events of this movie will stick with me for some time, I imagine. I DO NOT, however, understand how they just wrote the dad out. I am assuming that somehow the marriage ended, and she was single by the end...Cynthia S Super Reviewer
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Aug 11, 2011In the present day, Saul(Jeremy Renner) is being prepared to be executed by lethal injection. In the past, he is a petty crook and gambler who works at a storage facility while taking care of his invalid father. He is also badly in need of $2,000. Ana(Minnier Driver), a maid, could also use a little extra cash. She has just been told that her son Jesse(Bobby Coleman) is being transferred to special education. To avoid that fate, she wants to send him to private school but receives little support from her husband Marty(David Denman, of "Drop Dead Diva"), himself a teacher. "Take" is a ponderous movie that lumbers towards its inescapable conclusion where two people have their lives changed in a fateful meeting. After which, there is a curious endnote praising restorative justice which long story short says that confrontation is good for the soul between convict and victim, forgetting for a second how many people are in jail for victimless crimes. And in this case, it only works one way as Saul is definitely beyond the point of no return. In fact, Jeremy Renner's sad sack performance seems to work towards the conclusion that Saul has no business being on death row(which personally I don't think anybody should be) which is a debate the movie ducks away from.Walter M Super Reviewer
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Dec 28, 2010Good indie flik. Moves very slowly.Sean G Super Reviewer
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