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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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The actors are committed - Mara, generally waif-like, appears frail indeed - but there's barely anything worth committing to. Sep 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. Sep 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. Sep 20, 2015 | Full Review…
Captive winds up building to a big nothing.
Bilge Ebiri
Though the film ends with a whimper instead of a bang, Oyelowo and Mara's riveting, embodied performances rise above the material. Sep 18, 2015 | Full Review…
Though the film ends with a whimper instead of a bang, Oyelowo and Mara's riveting, embodied performances rise above the material.
Katie Walsh
The problem, alas, is that Mara and Oyelowo are ultimately captive in a script that doesn't allow its characters to stretch outside their preordained boundaries. Sep 18, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The problem, alas, is that Mara and Oyelowo are ultimately captive in a script that doesn't allow its characters to stretch outside their preordained boundaries.
Matt Fagerholm
The film's police-procedural action is unimaginatively presented, but Oyelowo is compelling ... Sep 18, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The film's police-procedural action is unimaginatively presented, but Oyelowo is compelling ...
Brad Wheeler
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. Dec 9, 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. Aug 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. Aug 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. Nov 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. Mar 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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