Review of Hours (2013) by Gijoe54 — 03 Feb 2023

Hours is a surprising sleeper movie that kept me engaged throughout. The emotional, personal, and simple story that gets more and more desperate as it progresses had me at the edge of my seat. For being such a short run time, every second is used intelligently minus a few flashback scenes that felt slightly mishandled.

Characters are instantly engaging, especially the morally upstanding ones early on, which perfectly balances the less desirables introduced post-hurricane. Often, you are left with the external monologue of the protagonist.

If I had to level a complaint, it would be in acting. Paul Walker is certainly giving it his all, but I just feel like he wasn’t the right fit. Thankfully, he grows as the movie progresses. The soundtrack is powerfully emotional at all the proper times.

Special effects are used sparingly and generally don’t have many problems. I will say the baby looks like the obvious puppet it is on close-in shots, but this will not break immersion. I cannot recommend this movie enough and I can’t think of anything quite like it.