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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary Jaime, Marta and their daughter Isabel, a well-off family, move to a luxurious new house. The parents are going through a rough patch but have decided to give their relationship one last chance. On the first evening in their new home, a group of three hooded men burst into the house. Their objective: To get as much money as possible ou...

Directed By: Miguel Ángel Vivas

Written By: Javier García Arredondo, Miguel Ángel Vivas

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 25 m

Kidnapped

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
49
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary Jaime, Marta and their daughter Isabel, a well-off family, move to a luxurious new house. The parents are going through a rough patch but have decided to give their relationship one last chance. On the first evening in their new home, a group of three hooded men burst into the house. Their objective: To get as much money as possible ou...

Directed By: Miguel Ángel Vivas

Written By: Javier García Arredondo, Miguel Ángel Vivas

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
49
25% Positive
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
49
25% Positive
2 Reviews
75% Mixed
6 Reviews
0% Negative
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75
Jun 16, 2011
What's missing from Kidnapped is a grander context - or richer subtext - to all the terror.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 15, 2011
The result is a stylishly executed but punishing ultra-realistic thriller that might be classified as family torture porn.
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60
Jun 16, 2011
My eyes never left the screen and my attention never wandered; in a restricted, technical sense of the term, Kidnapped is a masterpiece. But I make no claims for its moral value or for any cathartic or redemptive qualities.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 12, 2011
Its scenario and criminals devoid of any representational depth, and without any substantial ideas underlying its carnage, the film ultimately just assumes the sadistically pragmatic POV of its one-dimensional thugs, pitilessly doling out brutality as a practical means to an end.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 16, 2011
Starting as a coldly realistic thriller, this film eventually loses its bearings as the director Miguel Ángel Vivas succumbs to a fit of nihilism, transforming Kidnapped into gruesome tit-for-tat torture porn.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 14, 2011
The long takes and lack of theatrical affect are presumably meant to heighten the realism by dispensing with film - fiction artifice, but in the process, everything that might lure a viewer - the seduction of style and plot or an engagement with characters - is forgotten.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 14, 2011
Some kind of napping for sure: The line between rigor and tedium is crossed in this Madrid-set home-invasion thriller, captured in a dozen or so claustrophobic shots but impoverished as a piece of drama.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW

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5.0
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38% Mixed
6 Ratings
38% Negative
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38% Mixed
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38% Negative
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Production Company Vaca Films, La Fabrique 2, Blur, DRAX audio, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Media, Televisión de Galicia (TVG) S.A., Xunta de Galicia
Release Date Jun 15, 2011
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Take your last breath.
Website http://www.kingrecords.co.jp/spain/
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Awards

Austin Fantastic Fest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Camerimage
• 2 Nominations
Bogota Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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