88 Minutes (2007)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Jon Avnet

Writer (WGA):

Gary Scott Thompson (written by)

Release Date:

18 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

He has 88 minutes to solve a murder. His own.

Plot:

In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since...

Plot Keywords:

Professor | Seattle | Forensic Psychiatrist | Psychiatrist | Death Row

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Al Pacino	...	Dr. Jack Gramm
Alicia Witt	...	Kim Cummings
Leelee Sobieski	...	Lauren Douglas
Amy Brenneman	...	Shelly Barnes
William Forsythe	...	Special Agent Frank Parks
Deborah Kara Unger	...	Carol Lynn Johnson
Ben McKenzie	...	Mike Stempt
Neal McDonough	...	Jon Forster
Leah Cairns	...	Sara Pollard
Stephen Moyer	...	Guy LaForge
Christopher Redman	...	Jeremy Guber
Trilby Glover	...	Miss Bennett - Defense Attorney
Damien Leake	...	Judge Kerney
Brendan Fletcher	...	Johnny D'Franco
Michael Eklund	...	J.T. Rycker

Also Known As:

88 Minutes (International: English title) (USA) (promotional title)
88 (USA) (closing credits title)
88: 88 Minutes (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing violent content, brief nudity and language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Germany | USA | Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (FotoKem)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | France:U (with warning) | Netherlands:16 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:R (certificate #41493) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Spain:13 | Taiwan:R-12 | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Chile:14 | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Koerner Plaza, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

Was scheduled for release in 2005 but the release date was pushed back numerous times.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Early in the movie, a Shoppers Drug Mart is clearly visible. Shoppers Drug Mart is a Canadian chain, with stores in Vancouver, where the movie was filmed, but not Seattle, where the movie is set.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kate: Look at me. Look at the kite.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#40.3)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Get It Poppin

Pacino delivers again

I've read some comments from people who couldn't understand this movie. That's predictable from the 'video game generation' of movie viewers whose idea of a deep plot is a high body count from automatic weapons. LOL

If you're a true fan of the mystery thriller, however, this movie delivers in spades. I had at least four theories of what was really going on during the course of this movie, and while one of them was on a parallel track to the real root of the action, I didn't quite get it right. That's unusual. I've watched enough mysteries and enough thrillers over the last few decades that I almost ALWAYS have it figured out well before the end. Here, I didn't. I was completely torn between wondering if Pacino's character was being threatened or manipulated by the bad guy(s), or if he himself was the bad guy and those around him were working to make him slip up and reveal himself.

Don't put too much credence in the opinion of the bubble head crowd. If you have a brain in your head, you'll enjoy this movie.