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Prisoners has an emotional complexity and a sense of dread that makes for absorbing (and disturbing) viewing.
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Jackman is still in his phase of high-masculine misery... The entire performance is an exclamation point, and he swings it like a baseball bat. October 4, 2013 | Full Review…
Jackman is still in his phase of high-masculine misery... The entire performance is an exclamation point, and he swings it like a baseball bat.
Wesley Morris
A whodunnit too classy to ignore, too crude to respect. September 27, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A whodunnit too classy to ignore, too crude to respect.
Charlotte O'Sullivan
A hulking gothic whodunit which sadly falls to pieces in its final act. September 26, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A hulking gothic whodunit which sadly falls to pieces in its final act.
David Jenkins
Prisoners is weary after ten minutes, and I suppose it has persuaded itself that its length is justified by its solemn gaze into the abyss. September 26, 2013 | Full Review…
Prisoners is weary after ten minutes, and I suppose it has persuaded itself that its length is justified by its solemn gaze into the abyss.
David Thomson
A certain dour realist vigour keeps the nightmare alive. September 26, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A certain dour realist vigour keeps the nightmare alive.
Peter Bradshaw
In less talented hands, the story could lapse into the maudlin. But Villeneuve, director of the Oscar-nominated Incendies, seems to know just how far to go; only one moment feels less than authentic, but it would be a spoiler to mention it. September 24, 2013 | Full Review…
In less talented hands, the story could lapse into the maudlin. But Villeneuve, director of the Oscar-nominated Incendies, seems to know just how far to go; only one moment feels less than authentic, but it would be a spoiler to mention it.
Jocelyn Noveck
A superior thriller, made with real intelligence and raw feeling. January 31, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A superior thriller, made with real intelligence and raw feeling.
Leigh Paatsch
Villeneuve's direction saves Prisoners from falling into Alex Cross drivel. Like in Incendies, he knows how to keep a story moving and make us long for the truth. November 20, 2019 | Rating: 3.6/5 | Full Review…
Villeneuve's direction saves Prisoners from falling into Alex Cross drivel. Like in Incendies, he knows how to keep a story moving and make us long for the truth.
David Harris
Stuffed to the gills with child abduction, overmedicated depression and familial implosions, director Denis Villeneuve's bloated whodunit is a puppy suicide away from the most joyless way to spend well over two hours. August 27, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Stuffed to the gills with child abduction, overmedicated depression and familial implosions, director Denis Villeneuve's bloated whodunit is a puppy suicide away from the most joyless way to spend well over two hours.
Ryan Syrek
Occasionally I got lost in the labyrinthine plot twists, but at almost two-and-a-half hours there's not an ounce of fat on its gripping narrative. August 7, 2019 | Full Review…
Occasionally I got lost in the labyrinthine plot twists, but at almost two-and-a-half hours there's not an ounce of fat on its gripping narrative.
Brian D. Johnson
Gyllenhaal begins and ends with the same dogged determination, the same pessimism and thinly veiled anger, and the same moral center. Kudos to him, as the actor must build character subtext out of scant scripted development. July 31, 2019 | Full Review…
Gyllenhaal begins and ends with the same dogged determination, the same pessimism and thinly veiled anger, and the same moral center. Kudos to him, as the actor must build character subtext out of scant scripted development.
Leslie Combemale
Prisoners can be quite good when it chooses to be a regular thriller. Unfortunately it decides to try for more, and comes up short in doing so. June 22, 2019 | Rating: 6.5/10 | Full Review…
Prisoners can be quite good when it chooses to be a regular thriller. Unfortunately it decides to try for more, and comes up short in doing so.
C.J. Prince
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