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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary After James (Dan Stevens), a blind man, inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However, his new improvements-a nicer home, a higher paying job, tailored suits, luxury car-leave little room for the people who were part of his old, simpler life: his plain wife (Malin Åkerman) and...

Directed By: Ido Fluk

Written By: Sharon Mashihi, Ido Fluk

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 37 m

The Ticket

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
6.3
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Summary After James (Dan Stevens), a blind man, inexplicably regains his vision, he becomes possessed by a drive to make a better life for himself. However, his new improvements-a nicer home, a higher paying job, tailored suits, luxury car-leave little room for the people who were part of his old, simpler life: his plain wife (Malin Åkerman) and...

Directed By: Ido Fluk

Written By: Sharon Mashihi, Ido Fluk

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
4 Reviews
58% Mixed
7 Reviews
8% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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58% Mixed
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8% Negative
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90
Apr 6, 2017
Boasting complex, sharply drawn characters and top-notch performances, this mature drama plays with ideas of seeing, both the outside world as well as within oneself, as Fluk (“Never Too Late”) masterfully depicts intimacies gone awry.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 6, 2017
The Ticket exists better as a parable than as a true-to-life drama.
By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 6, 2017
Admirably cynical until it loses its way in the final stretch, The Ticket nevertheless maintains a provocative allure, bolstered by a fiercely committed performance from Dan Stevens.
By Nigel M Smith FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 6, 2017
The script is incapable of penetrating the moral thicket that the actors and the cinematographer, Zachary Galler, have so carefully woven.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 6, 2017
At its worst, the movie is a blunt critique of materialism, but there are some smart moments along the way in this methodically paced drama, which puts more emphasis on atmospherics than storytelling.
By Stephanie Merry FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 2, 2017
The Ticket abandons the potentially complex web of drama it initially sets up and moves toward a limp, shallow critique of superficiality itself.
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25
Apr 6, 2017
Beat by beat, The Ticket offers one predictable, obvious revelation after another right down to its conclusion.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW

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6.3
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Production Company BCDF Pictures, Blackbird, Cave Pictures, Initiate Productions, Liberty Liquid Films, Lightstream Entertainment, Rush River Entertainment
Release Date Apr 7, 2017
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Website http://initiateproductions.com/the-ticket/
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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