88 Minutes (2007)

Director:

Jon Avnet

Writer (WGA):

Gary Scott Thompson (written by)

Release Date:

18 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | 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:

Shot To Death | Blood | Death Of Sister | Shooting | Murder Investigation

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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 Johnson
Benjamin McKenzie	...	Mike Stempt
Neal McDonough	...	Jon Forster
Leah Cairns	...	Sara Pollard
Stephen Moyer	...	Guy LaForge
Christopher Redman	...	Jeremy Guber
Brendan Fletcher	...	Johnny D'Franco
Michael Eklund	...	J.T. Rycker
Kristina Copeland	...	Dale Morris
Tammy Hui	...	Janie Cates

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 | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Spain:13 | Germany:16 | Taiwan:R-12 | Brazil:16 | Argentina:13 | France:U (with warning) | Finland:K-15 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | USA:R (certificate #41493) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

Jon Avnet replaced James Foley as director.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Jack and Kim are out on the street to get to the Porsche, you can see a Roots store on the corner (directly behind them). There are no Roots stores in Seattle, and there are only four in all of United States, Beverly Hills CA, Aspen CO, Birmingham MI, and Park City UT.

Quotes:

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

88 minutes too long

If you're thinking about seeing this because Al Pacino's in it, go ahead. I shouldn't be the only one (and, obviously, I'm not) that has to endure how far my favourite actor of all time has fallen even in the last decade (Donnie Brasco contained the last truly enjoyable Pacino performance.) It really is gut-wrenchingly painful to watch him reduced to phoned-in performances like that of Dr Jack Gramm, forensic psychologist extraordinaire. The film works really well on a comedic level, resplendently adorned with obvious twists, ridiculously named 'possible' antagonists (Guy Laforge, anyone?), trite and often bemusing dialogue (MILK! Who wants milk? You, do you want some milk? Bring in the MILK!) and a supporting cast of mannequins, the foremost of whom is Leelee Sobieski. Who casts her in films? Why is she alive?

Everything in 88 minutes has been covered before many times and with much more intelligence. Watch it for the unintentional hilarity but don't go expecting anything beyond that. Oh, and watch out for the kamikaze firetruck.