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Dec 12, 2014 · Divorced of the mind games and subtext, "The Captive" has myriad pleasures. The cinematography is truly lovely, filled with compositions and movements at once soft and angular, recalling not only Egoyan's masterpiece, " The Sweet Hereafter ," but also directors like Michael Haneke and Ulrich Seidl. The sound design is stellar, selling the ...
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Dec 12, 2014 · Rated: 3/5 Dec 19, 2014 Full Review Tirdad Derakhshani Philadelphia Inquirer For all its problems, The Captive does try to hit the themes that have obsessed Egoyan for three decades: desire, death ...
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Egoyan skilfully brings these story-lines together as the film builds to its disconcerting conclusion. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 19, 2014. For all its problems, The Captive does try ...
Permalink. The Captive's two best qualities are its snowy setting and Ryan Reynolds' lead performance. Otherwise, the film is an overlong and jumbled thriller, whose gimmicky structure fails to hide how far- fetched and formulaic the thriller component is once linear.
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Dec 11, 2014 · Directed by Atom Egoyan. Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. R. 1h 52m. By Jeannette Catsoulis. Dec. 11, 2014. Almost everything in “The Captive” looks pale and exhausted, not just the flat ...
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Parents need to know that The Captive is centered on a young girl who's kidnapped and held captive for several years by a ring of child abusers. Several scenes feature oblique descriptions of what her captors do, but it's never explained in detail and never shown. Still, the subject matter and the air….
Dec 12, 2014 · Exhaustingly disjointed narrative and clunky plot hamper the captivating premise. The Captive is a strange take on drama or thriller. It doesn't build up to intelligent conclusion or revelation as the movie gives some key point of the plot early, instead it's a merry-go-round of twisted perspectives and timelines.
