- Studio: A Bigger Boat
- Release Date: Aug 6, 2010
- Starring: Eddie Marsan, Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston
- Summary: Two men fortify a nondescript British apartment so it can serve as a prison, and then kidnap a woman and tie her to a bed. Before there's even time to react, we're plunged into a very nasty situation, but not a simple one.
- Director: J Blakeson
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 19
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Mixed: 5 out of 19
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Negative: 2 out of 19
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100A compact British drama that does more with only three people and a few modest settings than most movies do with computerized bloat and a cast of hundreds.
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75Alice Creed isn't as good as Tarantino's directorial debut, or another movie it calls to mind, "A Simple Plan.'' But the genetic resemblance to those two films indicates how good much of this extremely assured picture is.
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60A skilled cast is Blakeson's greatest asset in his attempt to elevate his material above its pulpy limitations. All three are better actors than this sort of movie might call for.
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33A brutally monotonous thriller.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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