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Captive undermines committed performances from Kate Mara and David Oyelowo -- and the real-life story they're dramatizing -- with a thin script doubling as an ad for a self-help book.
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There is a moral somewhere in Captive but it is hard to work out what it is. September 25, 2015 | Full Review…
There is a moral somewhere in Captive but it is hard to work out what it is.
Geoffrey Macnab
Profoundly idiotic. September 24, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Profoundly idiotic.
Kevin Maher
The film's whole agenda is the problem. September 24, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
The film's whole agenda is the problem.
Tim Robey
The actors are committed - Mara, generally waif-like, appears frail indeed - but there's barely anything worth committing to. September 24, 2015 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The actors are committed - Mara, generally waif-like, appears frail indeed - but there's barely anything worth committing to.
Mike McCahill
The thin story has been stretched like Silly Putty to feature-film length and the result is utterly see-through in its sledgehammer moralizing. September 22, 2015 | Rating: D | Full Review…
The thin story has been stretched like Silly Putty to feature-film length and the result is utterly see-through in its sledgehammer moralizing.
Joe McGovern
Captive winds up building to a big nothing. September 20, 2015 | Full Review…
Captive winds up building to a big nothing.
Bilge Ebiri
CAPTIVE won't dazzle you in the way the masters of mystery will, but the uncannily consistent work from Oyelowo and its positive outlook will indeed keep you captivated. December 14, 2018 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
CAPTIVE won't dazzle you in the way the masters of mystery will, but the uncannily consistent work from Oyelowo and its positive outlook will indeed keep you captivated.
James Clay
An odd, and not in a good way, preachy piece. August 23, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
An odd, and not in a good way, preachy piece.
Alison Rowat
The film is underwhelming but does carry strong performances. August 14, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The film is underwhelming but does carry strong performances.
Mae Abdulbaki
A thriller of sorts that starts reasonably well before drifting to an aimless halt. November 14, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A thriller of sorts that starts reasonably well before drifting to an aimless halt.
Paul Whitington
The film's reluctance to overinvest in its religious significance will certainly not satisfy the spiritual nor will it come as a welcome relief to the skeptical, placing the overall audience in a state of limbo. May 12, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The film's reluctance to overinvest in its religious significance will certainly not satisfy the spiritual nor will it come as a welcome relief to the skeptical, placing the overall audience in a state of limbo.
Dee O'Donoghue
Captive is TV veteran Jerry Jameson's first theatrical feature since Airport '77. That's by far the most interesting thing about it. March 2, 2016 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Captive is TV veteran Jerry Jameson's first theatrical feature since Airport '77. That's by far the most interesting thing about it.
Tara Brady
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