Torn
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  • Summary: An unexpected bond forms between two women when their sons are killed in an explosion at a local shopping mall. When the police find evidence of a bomb, one of the sons, a Muslim American, becomes the prime suspect, threatening the two mothers’ new friendship and forcing them to question howow well they knew their own children.… Expand

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: John Oursler
    Oct 15, 2013
    70
    Made for less than $500,000, Torn is proof that a little can go a long way. In fact, the microscale perfectly lends itself to the story's quiet revelations.
  2. The Dissolve
    Reviewed by: Andrew Lapin
    Oct 16, 2013
    60
    Torn’s sometimes-stodgy dramatics give way to a genuinely unsettling microcosm of modern terrorism.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    Oct 16, 2013
    50
    Performances and presentation are solid enough, but the pic feels a bit undernourished, particularly once it closes on a note that’s well intentioned but provides no real resolution.

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