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By Kate Erbland (681) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 21 Dec 2013

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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By Paul Chambers (522) for Movie Chambers (386) on 18 Dec 2013

Nicely written and acted. Genuine suspense…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 17 Dec 2013

Like a more downbeat Zodiac, Prisoners is a rich, expansive procedural revolving around a horrible crime in which a satisfactory resolution…

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By Cara Nash (110) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 05 Nov 2013

a bold, brave and unforgettable slice of filmmaking that pulls you deep into the mix and doesn't let go…

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By M. Faust (314) for ArtVoice (11) on 24 Oct 2013

It's impossible to ignore that you are looking at unspeakable cruelty which, even if justifiable, must be ruinous to the soul of the wielder…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 19 Oct 2013

He's the film's most interesting character and it's a great performance from Jake Gyllenhaal…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 17 Oct 2013

If there is one thing above all else to recommend Prisoners, it's the way it captures that white-hot skewer of fear that must run through the…

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By Matt Neal (458) for The Standard (252) on 16 Oct 2013

Prisoners is haunting and will stick with you ... this is one of the best films of the year…

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By Simon Weaving (195) for Screenwize (216) on 16 Oct 2013

This moody police procedural with Jake Gyllenhaal in sublime form may be nearly three hours long, but it's worth every minute…

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By Tony Stamp (52) for Flicks.co.nz (982) on 16 Oct 2013

Proves compelling, thanks in part to subject matter that practically demands emotional investment from an audience: children in peril…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 16 Oct 2013

Um drama tocante, um suspense sufocante e um filme de detetive magnífico. Um dos melhores longas do ano, sem dúvida alguma…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 15 Oct 2013

Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners is a nasty piece of work. Indeed, it is about as bleak and unforgiving as mainstream, studio moviemaking gets…

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By Tom Glasson (221) for Concrete Playground (635) on 13 Oct 2013

A gritty and intensely unsettling story of child abduction and obsession…

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By Ed Gibbs (248) for The Sun Herald (86) on 12 Oct 2013

Not since Erskineville Kings, in 1999, has Hugh Jackman appeared so emotionally exposed on screen. It is an exceptional, Oscar-worthy performance…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 06 Oct 2013

A tense morality play wrapped in the bristling genre trappings of a police procedural, is exhausting in all the best ways-emotionally, intellectually,…

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By Kevin A. Ranson (644) for MovieCrypt.com (644) on 05 Oct 2013

The film's pace is an endurance test... (but) everyone gets to share in the dread of the final revelations. Does the end justify the means…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Grantland (318) on 03 Oct 2013

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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By Lori Hoffman (553) for Atlantic City Weekly (553) on 03 Oct 2013

The brutality and torture displayed by the hero of this piece makes for several uncomfortable moments…

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By Eric Eisenberg (199) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 02 Oct 2013

It's rare to find a film that really works on all levels, but that's exactly what Denis Villeneuve's has constructed with Prisoners…

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By Margot Harrison (328) for Seven Days (657) on 01 Oct 2013

Roger Deakins uses erratic flashes and glimmers of light to suggest that deliverance is always close at hand, but not close enough…

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