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Sep 20, 2013 · It's a nice performance from Gyllenhaal, and its subtlety is welcome considering all the teeth gnashing going on in other performances. Director Villeneuve gives us a couple of truly suspenseful scenes. One is a chase through the nighttime back yards of the neighborhood after a candlelight vigil for the two girls.
Sep 20, 2013 · 81% Tomatometer 254 Reviews 87% Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The...
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Aug 31, 2013 · By Scott Foundas. The wages of sin, guilt, vengeance and redemption weigh heavy on the characters of “ Prisoners ,” a spellbinding, sensationally effective thriller with a complex moral center...
Sep 19, 2013 · The Times critic A. O. Scott reviews "Prisoners." But the most tormented character may be Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), whose connection to the kidnapping is professional rather than...
'Prisoners' is an absorbing thriller that knows how to channel the emotional energy of its characters once they are cornered by the heartbreaking narrative maze that it possesses. [Full review in...
Prisoners is extremely suspenseful and equally disturbing. Canadian director Denis Villeneuve, whose last film was the equally spellbinding and disturbing Incendies, builds up the tension from the first frame and does not let up for the full 153 minutes of the movie.
Sep 7, 2013 · Matt reviews Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Paul Dano, and Viola Davis. There’s enough symbolism and religious themes to give Prisoners some...
