The Next Three Days
2010 Directed by Paul Haggis
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Lose who you are to save what you love.
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.
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I am unhappy when I don't have much to write about a film, but I blame movies like The Next Three Days for lulling me into such a sense of boredom that I just don't care to even think about them.
I want to say that I hated everything about this film, but that wouldn't be accurate. I think it would be better put if said that I was apathetic towards everything in this film. I didn't care about the story (which is terrible), I didn't care about the characters (which are one note), and the Paul Haggis' directing is so vanilla that literally anyone could have directed this film and done just as good of a job.
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This is an O.K. thriller which has several issues like plot loop holes, questions about the integrity of the lead character( whether what he does is justifiable for what he tends to achieve), unnecessary sub plots and characters, and an overtly long run time. But I can forgive all those because there was Russel Crowe in it and because he does a really good job. But one thing I could not do is stop cursing the makers for not showing more of Liam Neeson. Damn that is unacceptable.
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You know, if Paul Haggis is going to keep on making movies, would somebody do us all a favor and sign him up for a basic screenwriting class? I mean, please, this film could be a lesson all on its own on how not to write a decent screenplay. Its all in here: one-dimensional characters, supremely poor pacing, multiple threads that go absolutely nowhere and completely implausible action sequences.
And, you know, it's just a B-thriller. It's not like I haven't seen these mistakes time and time again. What really bothers me is just how highly it thinks of itself. It not only thinks it's interesting (which it isn't whatsoever), but it thinks it's smart, edgy, and it probably even…
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Not as interesting or as complex as it could have been, making it disappointing. There were a few opportunities to ask some really interesting questions, but in the end the feel-good story wins out, when I would have preferred the feel-bad story (who am I kidding - I always prefer the feel-bad story). Crowe’s character struggles with some interesting ethical questions, but the film never allows him to be anything but the good-guy hero.
Russell Crowe was great, though. I really like him, I’ve always liked him, and not just because he looks uncannily like my good friend Jesse. He really manages to pull off the role of a square dumped unceremoniously into the role of an action hero. Plus he wears a Primanti’s shirt. Elizabeth Banks was excellent as well, getting to show some range.
I’ll never get tired of seeing Pittsburgh, as Pittsburgh, on film.
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Effectively economical story-telling, tense when it needs to be, appropriately patient at others. Excellent.
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I admire the singularity of its focus and how desperate Russell Crowe's character is. Its flaws rest in Elizabeth Banks' performance and its overly extended climax.
I'm fairly amazed that this movie's final cut was approved at 133 minutes when it has no subplots. Makes it strange for a big budget movie, and intriguingly procedural. Could've benefited from losing 30 minutes.
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Het zal wel altijd een discussie zonder einde blijven: als een getrouwe remake evenveel te smaken valt als het origineel, wie hoort dan het krediet toe? Of beter: als er een nut valt te detecteren in de betekenis van een herwerking, is die dan gerechtvaardigd of zal 'de remake' altijd een poging blijven tot commercieel winstbejag? Michael Haneke herwerkte enkele jaren geleden zijn eigen film 'Funny games' omdat de film ging over de grondvesten van zinloos geweld, een thema dat roerloos verbonden is met de Amerikaanse psyche. Maar hoe hield de film kwalitatief stand tegenover zijn originele Oostenrijkse pendant? Diezelfde vraag brandde ook op onze lippen na 'The next tree days', een zeer getrouwe remake van de Franse high concept-thriller…
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The movie, from my point of view, is basically a portrait of true love, as it should always be: Unconditional. Invulnerable against all possible threats. The quest of that man (the main character) may be debatable, reprehensible even, but it is nonetheless honorable, at the same time.
The timeline systematics of the story is functionally clever and Russell Crowe's interpretation approaches the splendor. This is another excellent film by Paul Haggis showing quite sensitive and disruptive issues about human nature and extreme urban situations, as he has done in the past, with 'Crash'.
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Effectively economical story-telling, tense when it needs to be, appropriately patient at others. Excellent.
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This is an O.K. thriller which has several issues like plot loop holes, questions about the integrity of the lead character( whether what he does is justifiable for what he tends to achieve), unnecessary sub plots and characters, and an overtly long run time. But I can forgive all those because there was Russel Crowe in it and because he does a really good job. But one thing I could not do is stop cursing the makers for not showing more of Liam Neeson. Damn that is unacceptable.
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You know, if Paul Haggis is going to keep on making movies, would somebody do us all a favor and sign him up for a basic screenwriting class? I mean, please, this film could be a lesson all on its own on how not to write a decent screenplay. Its all in here: one-dimensional characters, supremely poor pacing, multiple threads that go absolutely nowhere and completely implausible action sequences.
And, you know, it's just a B-thriller. It's not like I haven't seen these mistakes time and time again. What really bothers me is just how highly it thinks of itself. It not only thinks it's interesting (which it isn't whatsoever), but it thinks it's smart, edgy, and it probably even…
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I like the fact that Crowe spends most of the first half of the movie feeling his way around how to do the things he needs to do, often screwing up the way most ordinary people would. However, once we get to the chase sequences it all gets a bit dull, and the ending is fairly unsatisfying.
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Russel Crowe plays John Brennan, a professor at a local college, whose wife (Elizabeth Banks) is suddenly arrested and charged with murder. She's found guilty and sent to prison but she unravels due to the pressures there and attempts suicide. Brennan convinced of her innocence and having lost all his appeals resolves to break her out but faces a race against time and the authorities...................
Totally implausible nonsense. A remake of Pour Elle, which if it follows the same template I may not bother with it, it requires a suspension of disbelief so large it could support the Hudson Bridge. The message of an ordinary man being able to do extraordinary things primarily due to changing his perception of reality…
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The story was good and Elizabeth Banks gave a great performance.
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The Next Three Days is a movie I didn't have high expectations for. I felt that it would be a fun popcorn flick that was entertaining but nothing more. Luckily, the film was entertaining, but there's certainly some more to go along with it. I was glued to the screen during these two hours, waiting to see how The Next Three Days would unfold. I liked that Russell Crowe had trouble working out the plan to break his wife out - too often in movies things just fall into place so easily. But a large chunk of the film is devoted to Crowe's plans backfiring and him having to retrace his steps. There's also a wealth of known actors that…