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Several years after their lives met in tragedy, a single mother (Minnie Driver) and a gambling addict (Jeremy Renner) must reconcile with the past.
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A story of redemption held together with flashbacks, Take has moments of emotional intensity, but is ultimately undone by preachiness.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle 08/15/2008
0/5
A dreadfully misguided movie whose story of redemption is utterly irredeemable. Go to Full Review
Ronnie Scheib Variety 08/13/2008
The talky redemption element, however, ultimately feels artificially tacked on. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 08/13/2008
Stylistically as well as thematically complex. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/25/2020
3.5/4.0
Easily one of the hidden jewels of the 2008 Indianapolis International Film Festival. Go to Full Review
Jeff Vice Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 09/12/2008
2/4
This sullen dramatic thriller is introspective to the point of being navel-gazing. And its up-to-interpretation form of 'conclusion' is fairly pretentious. Go to Full Review
Ron Wilkinson Monsters and Critics 08/18/2008
5/10
It's close but no cigar for first time writer/director Charles Oliver as he bashes his unfortunate audience with a preachy and one-dimensional exposition of revenge wearing restoration clothing. Go to Full Review
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John C Oct 4 Slow and drawn out! “Predictable”, yes, and what’s your point? Also, as the tension played near the end, we had to turn it off for its realism… it will literally rattle you. The acting is superb, story telling, “a little weak”… See more Horror fan 4 06/24/2024 Lead by 2 great performances this crime thriller was really good. 2 lives cross paths because a gambler who's in debt and a struggling mom trying to help her son get a good education. Very well made and heartbreaking. See more Ted B @Movieaddicted 03/18/2023 3 stars; the first thing I need to tell you is that I'm a big Miinnie Driver fan. All too often she played the sidekick or B-roll in movies. For me; when she got the chance to play lead, she doesn't disappoint. Jeremy Renner played a (stereotypical for him at the time) role as a weak willed bum. He did a very good job in a difficult role including an execution scene. This 15 year old film was a message movie supporting a movement to get state governments to allow Crime Victims the ability to face the perpetrator. I'm not real sure about the success of that movement. But this film made a pretty strong statement for it. See more darren h @darrenhrotten 09/07/2019 Superb psychologically confrontational and stirring film! With a tremendous theme of reconciliation! Everyone should see this. See more 02/18/2017 I have too say I was interested too see how these people would cross paths. You figure out real quick that the guy did something too the son. For a free Amazon prime movie it wasn't bad. See more 06/03/2016 Winds up being nothing more than a totally bizarre propaganda campaign for Restorative Justice. I can handle that, but what lost me is the fact that at absolutely no point from beginning to end was I interested in the events, or in the characters. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Several years after their lives met in tragedy, a single mother (Minnie Driver) and a gambling addict (Jeremy Renner) must reconcile with the past.
Director
Charles Oliver
Producer
Chet Thomas
Screenwriter
Charles Oliver
Production Co
Telos Video
Rating
R (Intense Emotional Impact|Some Violent Content)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 18, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 9, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.1K
Runtime
1h 39m
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