Spiral

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Spiral

PG-13

Released Feb 8, 2008

1h 30m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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A shy man with emotional problems befriends a co-worker whose love could give him a normal life, if he can overcome his dark past.

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Carina Chocano

Los Angeles Times

Note to the writers: Just because a movie is a mystery doesn't mean everything in it has to be.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 8, 2008

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...a misguided and thoroughly pointless piece of work.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 22, 2011

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

one long, slow buildup to a surprise ending that conceals two or three twisting secrets while still remaining elusive and open to interpretation.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 14, 2008

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Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

A surprisingly engrossing two-person character study that (gradually) reveals something quite a bit darker beneath the surface.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 28, 2008

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Brian Orndorf

DVDTalk.com

It's an obvious, overlong, determined misfire of a motion picture...ambitious, but it's also fatally flawed.

Rated: D

Feb 22, 2008

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Is a much different film than "Hatchet." It's focused, it's low key, it's original, and it really takes its plot seriously...

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 19, 2008

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Rrobert G

Excellent movie. Tells a story of the fantasy of a young man traumatized in childhood who is shy, sensitive and socially incompetent. The movie shows how In the world of the abused child, fantasy makes the impossible seem possible. In the face of adversity fantasy brings hope where none should exist. Dissociation into fantasy allows the damaged child to experience real happiness. When real life intrudes into conciousness, when the fantasy becomes real, the damaged young man dissociates from from reality into his fantasies and continues to act them out leading to tragedy. It's a story that is repeated over and over by abused children, most don't end in violent murder, many end in suicide. With the death of hope, anger an fatalism is all that remains.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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Audience Member

Reasonably good film that kept me watching although I got confused with some aspects of the story

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

The neat direction, editing and photography are not enough to save Spiral from predictability and flatness.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Frances H

Well acted, rather fascinating psycho-drama that makes you feel sorry for the the perpetrator as well as the victim.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/08/16

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Audience Member

Really love this movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

Unique psych/thriller story..and what a surprise in the end.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Synopsis

A shy man with emotional problems befriends a co-worker whose love could give him a normal life, if he can overcome his dark past.

Director: Adam Green, Joel David Moore
Producer: Jeremy Boreing
Screenwriter: Joel David Moore, Jeremy Boreing
Production Co: ArieScope Pictures, Coattails Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Disturbing Behavior|Some Partial Nudity|Language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 8, 2008, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Apr 6, 2018
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 13, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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