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 | Death Row | Psychiatrist

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Al Pacino	...	Jack Gramm
Alicia Witt	...	Kim Cummings
Leelee Sobieski	...	Lauren Douglas
Amy Brenneman	...	Shelly Barnes
William Forsythe	...	Frank Parks
Deborah Kara Unger	...	Carol Lynn Johnson
Ben McKenzie	...	Mike Stempt (as Benjamin McKenzie)
Neal McDonough	...	Jon Forster
Leah Cairns	...	Sara Pollard
Stephen Moyer	...	Guy LaForge
Christopher Redman	...	Jeremy Guber
Trilby Glover	...	Defense Attorney
Damien Leake	...	The Judge
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:

Dolby Digital | DTS (uncredited) | SDDS (uncredited)

Certification:

Germany:16 | France:U (with warning) | Netherlands:16 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:R (No. 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 | Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

When the person who has been setting Jack up is finally revealed to the camera, 88 minutes have passed in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, when Al Pacino's character gets into the taxi, he tells cab driver to take him to 114 Western. When he arrives at the destination, the address on the front of the building is 1001.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-04-19)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Been Around

Exciting, real-time thriller

This suspense thriller starring Al Pacino as a police psychologist/teacher, is a fast paced, entertaining little film, which keeps you gripped all the way to the end, even if the story is sometimes a little difficult to follow and doesn't really add up.

Pacino is good in the lead role, and seems to rise above the B movie material, which could explain why this film hasn't really been given a major theatrical release. If it wasn't for him, the movie could easily have gone straight to DVD.

Although the plot is full of holes and the identity of the killer and their motives calls a lot into question, it's the ride itself which is very enjoyable, and works perfectly well as a lightweight Friday night movie.