Sucker Punch (2011)

A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather, retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, envisioning a plan to help her escape.

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers:

Zack Snyder (screenplay), Steve Shibuya (screenplay)

Stars:

Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish

1 win & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emily Browning	...	Babydoll
Abbie Cornish	...	Sweet Pea
Jena Malone	...	Rocket
Vanessa Hudgens	...	Blondie
Jamie Chung	...	Amber
Carla Gugino	...	Dr. Vera Gorski
Oscar Isaac	...	Blue Jones
Jon Hamm	...	High Roller / Doctor
Scott Glenn	...	Wise Man
Richard Cetrone	...	CJ
Gerard Plunkett	...	Stepfather
Malcolm Scott	...	The Cook
Ron Selmour	...	Danforth
A.C. Peterson	...	Mayor / Lighter Orderly (as AC Peterson)
Revard Dufresne	...	Big Boss Thug / Orderly #3

Storyline

A young girl (Baby Doll) is locked away in a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather where she will undergo a lobotomy in five days' time. Faced with unimaginable odds, she retreats to a fantastical world in her imagination where she and four other female inmates at the asylum, plot to escape the facility. The lines between reality and fantasy blur as Baby Doll and her four companions, as well as a mysterious guide, fight to retrieve the five items they need that will allow them to break free from their captors before it's too late...

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Plot Keywords:

mini skirt | escape | thigh high socks | mini dress | short skirt | 

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Taglines:

A mind bending vision of reality from the director of Watchmen & 300.

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Warner Bros. [France]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English German

Release Date:

25 March 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sucker Punch: The IMAX Experience

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$82,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$19,058,199, 27 March 2011, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$36,392,502, 26 May 2011

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$89,792,502, 31 December 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.,Legendary Entertainment,Cruel & Unusual Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 128 min (extended cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Abbie Cornish and Oscar Isaac appeared in W.E. (2011).

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Goofs

A man grabs an old-style metal canister fire extinguisher and immediately begins spraying the fire with it. These extinguishers had to be inverted and the charging pin on top banged on the floor to activate the chemicals and create spraying pressure.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sweet Pea: Everyone has an Angel. A Guardian who watches over us. We can't know what form they'll take. One day, old man. Next day, little girl. But don't let appearances fool you, they can be as fierce as any dragon. Yet they're not here to fight our battles, but to whisper from our heart. Reminding that it's us. Its everyone of us who holds power over the world we create.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures logos appear on a stage curtain, with the curtain rising to reveal each logo. A brief narrative precedes the Warner Bros logo appearing.

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Connections

References My Dream Is Yours (1949)

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Soundtracks

Stabat Mater: Quando corpus morietur
Written by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Performed by the Cologne Concert Orchestra
Courtesy of Naxos
By Arrangement with Source/Q

User Reviews

Sucker Punch — Be amazed, be struck by lightning, see this fantastical sci-fi

Sucker Punch is totally out there, and probably the only way to combine so many different things in a single story.

The story telling is incomplete, in itself, but not the story. Most of it is told metaphorically. You get to imagine the rest. An easy thing to do is to dismiss the movie because of the beautiful women, or the intense and fantastical action. That is a grand mistake. The story is poignant and very sad, yet wrapped in a beautiful cinematographic cocoon. It's breathtaking. I kept wondering when the hammer blow of bad poorly constructed elements would descend upon me and disappointment, break my heart. It never did.

The dialogs might look simple, and the story line really quick, but their complementing information is in the magic of the metaphors. It's an incredible ride led by the excellent acting of those gorgeous creatures and genius directorial mind, as well as the superb editing and CGI.

Ride the wave, shed a tear, see it.