|
Movies •Books •Music •Food •Tv Shows •Technology •Politics •Video Games •Parenting •Fashion •Green Living •more >

Lunch » Tags » Movies » Reviews » The Next Three Days (2010)

The Next Three Days (2010)

10 Ratings: 1.8
A movie Starring Russell Crowe and directed by Paul Haggis

A woman is accused of murder. This affects the relationship between her and her husband. Her husband, a professor, takes extreme actions in an attempt to free her from prison.       The Next Three Days is a remake of the 2007 … see full wiki

Director: Paul Haggis
Genre: Thriller
Release Date: November 19, 2010
MPAA Rating: Unrated
7 reviews about The Next Three Days (2010)
Showing 1-7 of 7
Sort by:
review by . November 21, 2010
posted in Movie Hype
3 ½ Stars: How Far Would You Go To Keep Your Family Together?
Remakes. Seems like Hollywood is at it again. After all the major publicity and promos that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” had packed in, one wouldn’t be hard-pressed to think that a remake would not be able to compete (let alone be noticed) with an expected money-maker such as that successful  franchise. Ok, I know that doesn’t have anything to do with director Paul Haggis’ “The Next Three Days” besides their release dates but I had to …
review by . February 26, 2011
posted in Movie Hype
All hell breaks loose!
What part of our lives is truly under our control? And herein lies the story of a man trying to keep things in control in his life. He attempts to keep his family intact by trying to rescue his wife from imprisonment for a crime she didn’t commit!      The key to escape. Escaping is easy, according to a past convict. The hardest part of thing is to leave…  ask yourself, IF you can do it. What entails doing it is to lose one’s identity and all that you’ve …
review by . March 16, 2011
This got totally eclipsed at the box office by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1, and for obvious reasons. This also got fairly mixed reviews from critics and I can definitely see why. The Next Three Days isn't heinous or terrible or anything, but its not spectacular by any means and is just plain forgettable. I was never really much of a Russell Crowe fan myself, and I still am rather indifferent towards him, but I can't deny that he is good in this movie, along with Elizabeth …
review by . May 20, 2011
Two themes play out in this film
Two themes play out in this film: a Don Quixote unrealistic quest and fate. A man is totally oblivious to the fact that evidence proves that his wife killed a woman; she was convicted at trial, and lost her appeals. He is in love with her and determined to find a way to break her out of jail. As with the unrealistic Don Quixote, he gets into one problem after another, including being beat up and not having enough cash to carry out his plan. He resorts to robbery. His plan is perfect, but fate intervenes. …
review by . March 30, 2011
Too Slow, Then Too Naive
What this film needs: 1. Decent secondary characters to make the first two acts more interesting.  The roles are there (Olivia Wilde as a neighbor, Brian Denehy as Crowe’s father) but they’re just that – roles.  No meat on the bones. 2. Tommy Lee Jones in “The Fugitive.”   A decent cop antagonist would do WONDERS for this film.  And hey, while he’s trying to foil Crowe’s plan, he could actually tie up the loose ends of whether or not …
review by . December 03, 2010
posted in Movie Hype
Is it too much to hope that, when a studio has the wherewithal - and budget - to pull together such cinematic luminaries as Russell Crowe, Brian Dennehy and Liam Neeson, that it won't insult its audience's intelligence with the result? Once upon a time, Hollywood threw its big name stars challenging roles, and they produced erudite, artful, memorable and, well, *thrilling* thrillers, like The Silence of the Lambs, L.A. Confidential or Memento. No longer, apparently. Nowadays the best you'll get …
Quick Tip by . December 11, 2010
Anyone interested in a little further insight into this pretty decent Paul Haggis film, should check out my interview with the director himself ... http://blacksheepreviews.blogspot.com/2010/1...rviews-paul-haggis.html
What's your opinion on The Next Three Days (2010)?
rate
10 Ratings: +1.8
You have exceeded the maximum length.
Related Topics
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003 motion picture starring Russell Crowe

rate more like 'The Next Three Days (2...'
First to Review

"How Far Would You Go To Keep Your Family Together?"
© 2013 Lunch.com, LLC All Rights Reserved
Lunch.com - Relevant reviews by real people.
()
This is you!
Ranked #
Last login
Member since
reviews
comments
ratings
questions
compliments
lists