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

Color:

Color (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:

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

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Jack synchronizes his watch with Agent Frank Parks, a closeup of Jack's watch shows a round face (it's clear this is Jack's watch from the color of the jacket sleeve). However, throughout the rest of the movie, Jack is clearly wearing a watch with a rectangular face.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)

I haven't seen anything quite this bad in a long time!

Awful awful AWFUL - this film really was a stinker, and I'm quite astonished at the number of good comments it's receiving on here. What on Earth Al Pacino was thinking of getting involved in something this dire is quite beyond me - perhaps money, but damage to reputation alone I would have thought to be adequate reason to steer well away. The script was strewn with clichés which managed to bring out the worst in everyone. The actress who played his sidekick for the 3rd quarter of the film looked completely lost, struggling vainly to add some meaning to her lines, with the long, poorly composed two-shots only prolonging the agony. Character development was thin at best and the fast-paced attempt at storytelling only led to one farce after another, making the whole thing completely laughable.

My advice - avoid at all costs. Whoever put money into this turkey deserves to lose it.