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:

Obscene Finger Gesture | Time For Title | Classroom | Fire Truck | Female Nudity

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:

USA | Germany | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (FotoKem)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

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

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:

Plot holes: In real life, it would be impossible to determine if the semen is Dr. Gramm's without comparing it to his own DNA, something that would require a warrant to obtain if not offered by Gramm. In any case, it takes much longer than one day to determine a DNA test's result, not the following day, as in the movie.

Quotes:

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

Really weak! Bad plot and lame acting

I don't think that Al Pacino is a bad actor. I know he can act and he can do it well. Maybe he was just annoyed with the quality of the script. Or maybe he needed a quick buck. I have no idea what happened in this film, but the results were dreadful.

Let me start with the plot: typical race thriller. Personally involved strong character (usually a cop) is on the clock to solve some problem or else. No one helps him, sometimes they even stand in his way, while he battles the odds. In this particular version the hero is personally involved, but does not show it, the people around him try to help, but they are either completely incompetent or pushed away by the very person they are trying to help or (most of the time) Pacino's character doesn't even tell them he is in need of help. As for the time limit, it is an arbitrary time limit that he can completely ignore if he really wants to. And as for the strength of the thrill... I guessed the killer in the first 10 minutes of the film. And not just by looking at the cast or reading magical runes. It was blatantly obvious.

Then the acting. Everyone acts sub standard, but Al Pacino is the worse. He doesn't seem to care a bit about anything in the movie. He is supposed to be a rational FBI profiler that puts logic before his feelings, but he comes out as slightly bored by the badly written intricacies of the plot.

So, shame on people that use clichés and aging famous actors to win some easy money, but even more shame to people that can't even get a cliché right. Watch some movies first, then make others. Gee!