A Vigilante

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A Vigilante

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Released Mar 29, 2019

1h 31m

Drama

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A vigilante helps victims escape their domestic abusers.

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Critics Consensus

Led by Olivia Wilde's fearless performance and elevated by timely themes, A Vigilante is an uncompromising thriller that hits as hard as its protagonist.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

The film doesn't work without this character's pain, and Wilde absolutely sells it, a spectacular performance.

May 31, 2019

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

[A] patient, nuanced film-making that showcases, in Wilde, a muscular and increasingly versatile screen talent.

Rated: 4/5

May 31, 2019

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

It's a tough, tense movie with a couple of bone-snappingly violent moments, but critically it dials down the exploitation.

Rated: 3/5

May 29, 2019

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Hagan Osborne

FILMINK (Australia)

...powerful rumination on domestic violence...

Rated: 17/20

Apr 1, 2021

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

A powerful debut feature with a commanding performance from Olivia Wilde that will hopefully see them both lean more into genre films in future projects.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 5, 2021

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

Wilde is fine, but the film never scores its punches as it keeps packing more and more on...

Rated: 2/4

Jan 19, 2021

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Alyxia E

It's a gem. Cannot fathom how the audience scores are so different from the critic scores. This is a 99.99% perfect film. The .01 bit is only because I personally struggle with how ---even when the camera cuts away every single time it should, and only vividly implies depictions of what is best not seen, it is a few times still a bit more graphic and intense than I personally want or need it to be to get the point. Points that I'm already quite clear on.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/12/24

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Carlos G

The acting is good and it is a good storyline but the movie was boring. It makes an effort to be a thriller but falls short. If someone like Joe Carnahan or David Ayer would have made it, it would have been a good action thriller. The storyline is as good as it gets but someone didn't know how to make a movie around it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Thomas B

She's a great actress and I like slow-paced movies, so don't think I'm just hating when I say this was rather boring... Even though Olivia Wilde's portrayal of pain is quite impressive, we never really bond with the character. These well-acted moments of grief never really push the story forward, it's like the film was built from them as an excuse to showcase her acting with little attention to plot or emotion. Would I admire her as person? Absolutely. Was I either moved or entertained? Not really...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Steven L

An excellent commentary on the evil of domestic violence.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/21/24

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Leon L

Olivia Wilde is amazing in this movie. I don’t think I’ve seen a more powerful performance ever.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Peter A

like other reviews , seeing is believing ! this film is as exciting as watching paint dry ! can not comprehend how critics gave this 90% Tomatometer score. I watched this film to the bitter end, in the hope of some grand finale. No chance. so bad you just have to see for yourself. when considering something to watch to save wasting time I look to rotten tomatoes for some guidance, got this wrong RT .

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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Synopsis

A vigilante helps victims escape their domestic abusers.

Director: Sarah Daggar-Nickson
Producer: Allison Rose Carter, Ambyr Childers, Andrew Corkin, Randall Emmett
Screenwriter: Sarah Daggar-Nickson
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Pulse Films, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films, Film Science, Uncorked Productions
Rating: R (Violence and Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 29, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 29, 2019
Runtime: 1h 31m

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