- Studio: Studio Canal
- Release Date: Apr 4, 2003
- Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Holly Hunter, Kirsten Dunst, Morgan Freeman
- Summary: Manuel Jordan (Thornton) is a man caught between two worlds: the one which existed before he was incarcerated, and the one into which he's released 22 years later. (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Director: Ed Solomon
- Genre(s): Drama, Crime
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 8 out of 29
-
Mixed: 13 out of 29
-
Negative: 8 out of 29
-
80Those who can forgive the director's pretensions will discover some fine filmmaking.
-
60Solomon handles their crises of conscience with a studied compassion that hangs over scenes like a lead weight, though the actors (particularly Dunst) do their best to bring more range to his gray palette.
-
38An earnest but hopeless attempt to tell a parable about a man's search for redemption. By the end of his journey, we don't care if he finds redemption, if only he finds wakefulness.
Score distribution:
-
Positive: 5 out of 5
-
Mixed: 0 out of 5
-
Negative: 0 out of 5
