Prisoners

critic Reviews

, 81% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Prisoners has an emotional complexity and a sense of dread that makes for absorbing (and disturbing) viewing.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Kate StablesSight & Sound
    Guzikowski's well-honed thriller occasionally idles under Villeneuve's dark character studies, but the director's powerfully imposed mood of dread elevates what might otherwise have been just a superior police procedural.
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  • , Rotten Tomatometer Score
    Jason BaileyFlavorwire
    An increasingly sloppy thriller, filled with obvious clues, laughable red herrings, and halfhearted "shock" reveals, played at a snail's pace that lets far too much air into the narrative.
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    Chris StuckmannChrisStuckmann.com
    This film haunted me for days and weeks after seeing it, and the feeling still lingers.
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    Jonathan RomneyFilm Comment Magazine
    Prisoners -- sometimes awkwardly, for the most part persuasively -- does a delicate balancing act between outright nightmare and naturalism.
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    Kate ErblandFilm School Rejects
    Even the most seemingly benign scenes posses a low level of fear, and the final hour is heavy enough to leave audiences shaking (and shaken).
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    Wesley MorrisGrantland
    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.
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Miles SurreyThe Ringer
    The tense thriller that put its director on the map...
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    Iván KaziEscribiendoCine
    While the resolution is close to being predictable... the movie's strong suit is something else. The process, the content, and the journey are profoundly immersive. [Full review in Spanish]
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  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Keith GarlingtonKeith & the Movies
    “Prisoners” offers some slick foreboding, crafty twists, and a satisfying ending.
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    Brian EggertDeep Focus Review
    An absorbing, skillfully made drama.
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