He has 88 minutes to solve a murder. His own.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William FOrsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Benjamin McKenzie, Neal McDonough |
| Director |
Jon Avnet |
| Screenplay | Gary Scott Thompson |
| Music | Ed Shearmur |
| Cinematography | Denis Lenoir |
| Editing | Peter E. Berger |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Millennium Films, Emmett/Furla Films, Equity Pictures Medienfonds, Nu Image Entertainment, Brightlight Pictures, Brooklyn Films, Family Room Entertainment |
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| Genre | Action, thriller |
| Language | Some |
| Nudity | Brief |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Tense action thriller with strong suspense and some graphic violence. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Stephen Hunter | 1 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz | 5 | |
| Cape Times Michael Phillips | 1 | |
| iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden  But the real question is: who cares? You certainly won't — and that's long before the 88 minutes are up. | 3 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli It's always a shock when a movie turns out to be this bad. It's an even bigger shock when it features an actor of the caliber and reputation of Al Pacino. 88 Minutes is one of the dumbest thrillers to arrive it theaters in a long time, so it's no surprise that it has been lingering on Columbia's shelves for more than a year. | 5 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Try as he might to ''hoo-ha'' some life into this stupendously stupid thriller, Al Pacino can't disguise the desperation of this CSI wanna-be. | 5 | |
| ScreenItThis tale of a man faced with the titular life or death deadline is so incompetently made that it nearly becomes something of a hoot to watch. | 4 | |
| Metacritic.com 27 critics | 3 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 99 critics | 5 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A shockingly inept psychological thriller. | 1 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 13340 Netizens Plot holes and bad performances galore, except for Pacino, who is of course, excellent | 12 |  |
Average .. 20% | 4 | |