Review of The Captive (2014) by Jessica Kiang for The Playlist — 24 May 2014
Retreading "Prisoners" territory to an extent that at times makes you wonder if they’re two parts of some sort of Canadian auteur experiment that no one else is in on, what is lost in the transfer, however, is any of the Villeneuve film’s subtlety or shading, and we are left only with its most lurid, credulity-stretching highlights, with all other textures blasted out to snowy blankness.
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This review of The Captive (2014) was written by Jessica Kiang and published by The Playlist on 24 May 2014.
The Captive has generally received mixed reviews.
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