Review of Prisoners (2013) by Netflic — 29 Sep 2013
Hugh Jackman. Nominated for Oscar.
Jake Gyllenhaal. Nominated for Oscar.
Viola Davis. Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Terrence Howard. Nominated for Oscar.
Melissa Leo. Won Oscar.
Maria Bello. Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.Hugh Jackman. Nominated for Oscar.
Jake Gyllenhaal. Nominated for Oscar.
Viola Davis. Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Terrence Howard. Nominated for Oscar.
Melissa Leo. Won Oscar.
Maria Bello. Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Cinematography. Roger Deakins Nominated for 10 Oscars.
This list of Oscar nominees who acted and worked in this movie is not full.
Take a number of excellent and famous actors, the best cinematographer and a mediocre script. The result will be a strange mix. A beautiful picture with decent performance and plenty of suspense. But, as they say, a spoonful of tar spoils a barrel of honey. The script has so many impossible, improbable holes in it.
If it were a movie like "Die Hard" or "Mission Impossible" where you expect impossible and improbable, and the whole point is pure entertainment. But this movie pretends to be a serious crime drama. Well, it is rather another "could have been"... It it were seriously edited and cut to, say, 100 minutes instead of 153, then, maybe, it would be quite good of a movie. I was disappointed.
This review of Prisoners (2013) was written by Netflic on 29 Sep 2013.
Prisoners has generally received very positive reviews.
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