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By Bruce S (263) on 12 Aug 2018

First thought after watching this movie: Never get lockedup in Thailand…

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By Jade E (37) on 10 Aug 2018

A prayer Before Dawn es tal ves la manera correcta de mostrar la crudeza de esta historia ,su brutalidad y sutileza la hacen sobre salir por…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 09 Aug 2018

This movie is a remarkable feat that requires a strong stomach to sit through…

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By Dwight Brown (181) for National Newspaper Publishers Association (180) on 09 Aug 2018

Credit filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire for the gut-wrenching brutal artistic realism and actor Joe Cole for making Billy Moore immortal…

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By K Nife C (218) on 09 Aug 2018

Damn this was a stressful movie to watch…

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By Stefano C (730) on 09 Aug 2018

The moral of this story is that if you want to go in Thailand to sell drugs, at least you have to be a pretty good boxer…

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By David Fear (910) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 08 Aug 2018

Even as the story builds to a final mano a mano, the movie is less invested in a win-or-lose outcome than in taking you along for the ride…

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By Gary M. Kramer (92) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 08 Aug 2018

Credit director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire and Cole for an impressive achievement that takes viewers on an intense journey…

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By Chuck Wilson (418) for Village Voice (8,525) on 08 Aug 2018

A Prayer Before Dawn feels scarily authentic, and may be too much for some. But there are moments of grace amid the setting’s despair…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 08 Aug 2018

Mr. Sauvaire’s approach may not be for everyone, but his skill and audacity are invigorating — and, strangely, liberating…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Aug 2018

It’s a haunting and masterful effort, but be warned: This is tough stuff…

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By Randall Colburn (93) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 07 Aug 2018

What makes A Prayer Before Dawn so powerful is also what makes it so punishing…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 07 Aug 2018

Director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (Johnny Mad Dog) makes some audacious, impressionistic choices, focusing on the nexus of sensual and brutal,…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 Aug 2018

A Prayer Before Dawn is concerned above all with ensuring that we share its main character's sense of dislocation and entrapment…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 06 Aug 2018

Such whiplash-inducing confusion and bedlam is central to A Prayer Before Dawn, which at every turn is about conveying the runaway-train condition…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 04 Aug 2018

Don't even think about committing a crime in Thailand…

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By Dan Jolin (289) for Time Out (7,510) on 24 Jul 2018

If you wanted to know how it feels to be the only foreign inmate in a Bangkok prison, this is about as close as you could get…

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By Edward Porter (366) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 22 Jul 2018

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's film is a bit ludicrous in its grim extremes, yet it's made with skill, and Cole is always good at conveying sensitivity…

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By Andrew Lowry (88) for Empire (3,446) on 22 Jul 2018

For all the flying fists and the hero’s nightmarish predicament, the notions of redemption examined here are plenty deep…

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By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 21 Jul 2018

An uncompromisingly brutal cinematic experience, coarse and unwavering in its depictions of what it takes to survive a hard life…

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