88 Minutes

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88 Minutes

R

Released Apr 18, 2008

1h 47m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) enjoys a reputation as one of the most sought-after profilers around. His expert testimony has resulted in the conviction of many criminals, including serial killer Jon Forster. On the eve of Forster's execution, one of Gramm's students is murdered in a vicious copycat crime, and Gramm himself receives an ominous message informing him that he has less than 90 minutes to live.

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88 Minutes is a shockingly inept psychological thriller that expertly squanders the talent at hand.

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Interestingly, the more overblown and insincere a performance Pacino delivers in a film, the more self-important and bouffant his hair gets. Here, it's so towering it takes up 90 per cent of the screen.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 3, 2008

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David Fear

Time Out

Now that this stupendously inept serial-killer flick has slithered into theaters, the diminutive legend had better clear room in his closet for another cinematic skeleton.

Rated: 0/6

Oct 3, 2008

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Helen O'Hara

Empire Magazine

It verges on so-bad-it's-good territory, but just isn't entertaining enough. Lacking in tension and pace, poorly edited and starring wholly unsympathetic characters, this is just dull, drab and boring.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 3, 2008

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Avnet treats his audience like we’ve never seen a thriller before, when really we question if we’ve ever seen one this bad.

Rated: 0.5/4

Jun 5, 2024

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

A film so stuffed with shortcomings that they can't all be addressed in a single review.

Rated: 2/10

Nov 28, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Razzie Al at his absolute worst.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 7, 2020

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Sean S

I expected better seeing Mr. Pacino in top billing but this movie just falls flat on all accounts.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/20/25

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Kyle M

Though sloppily directed with lowbrow inferiority and unconvincing characterized efforts whilst disjointed, it’s a lesser thriller that hooks only to the minimum without much substance that leaves Al Pacino to make the best out of the given material under problematic execution. (C)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/09/24

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Mark B

88 minutes went by like 2 1/2 hours . The movie is ok but if they would have tightened it up it would have been much better

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/18/24

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Jelisije J

An average Al Pacino action film where he is contacted by a serial killer telling him he has 88 minutes left to live.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Johnnie

Awesome Movie!! And it's a must watch period!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/21/23

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Andrea C

Thriller dalla scelta incomprensibile di far durare un film chiamato "88 minuti", più di quel minutaggio; scelta ancora più assurda considerando che il film presuppone che tutti gli eventi avvengano in quel tempo, evidentemente troppo ridotto per tutte le location e le situazioni che cambiano per tutta la sua durata. Al Pacino centrica, la sceneggiatura pecca nel racconto dei personaggi che girano intorno al protagonista; errore considerato che intorno al mistero di questi personaggi ruota anche il villain. il finale è troppo banale, la posizione di Al Pacino sembra irrimediabilmente compromessa eppure l'antagonista si mostra e viene sconfitta in modo piuttosto bizzarro,

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/27/23

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Synopsis

Famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) enjoys a reputation as one of the most sought-after profilers around. His expert testimony has resulted in the conviction of many criminals, including serial killer Jon Forster. On the eve of Forster's execution, one of Gramm's students is murdered in a vicious copycat crime, and Gramm himself receives an ominous message informing him that he has less than 90 minutes to live.

Director: Jon Avnet
Producer: Jon Avnet, Gary Scott Thompson, Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner
Screenwriter: Gary Scott Thompson
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Emmett/Furla Films, Millennium Films
Rating: R (Disturbing Violent Content|Brief Nudity|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 18, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.9M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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