Hanna

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Hanna

PG-13

Released Apr 8, 2011

1h 51m

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Adventure

Mystery & Thriller

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Raised by her father (Eric Bana) in the Finnish wilderness, teenage Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) has trained all her life to be the perfect assassin. Her father sends her on a mission, and she stealthily makes her way across Europe while evading agents sent after her by a ruthless operative named Marissa (Cate Blanchett), who once worked with Hanna's father. As she draws closer to her target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and begins to question her humanity.

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Critics Consensus

Fantastic acting and crisply choreographed action sequences propel this unique, cool take on the revenge thriller.

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

The plot is preposterous, but Joe Wright, the director, gives the movie enough audacious drive and style for the story to skim over the holes in the narrative logic.

Oct 21, 2022

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Alyx Vesey

Bitch Media

Even though there are misogynistic undercurrents to the fatal gunshot wound Hanna delivers... Weigler will never die because she lives on in Hanna, and her story will be retold and revised just like the fables women and girls pass on to one another.

Jan 11, 2021

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

The thing with Joe Wright's beautifully shot movie is that it never really feels true.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 2, 2019

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

Hanna shows some promise, particularly in Ronan’s versatile performance, but between the overwrought style and underdeveloped script, there’s plenty for Wright to workshop...

Rated: 3/5

May 8, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

There may not be as much grand meaning or deeply affecting substance when compared to his previous works, but Wright and company have created an exciting story, richly told with copious amounts of style.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jul 31, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Hanna doesn't bore for a single moment, although it's unintelligible for most minutes. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 6, 2022

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Tom P

The acting was decent and I didn't mind the story line, however I could have easily fast forwarded about 45 minutes of the movie without effecting the plot or enjoyability in any way (in fact it would have been far better). It would have made a better limited series on Netflix.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Ian H

Loved it. Some great cinematography and stand out performances from a really strong cast.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/25

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Chad T

I’ve always love this film. Some think the plot is a little outlandish, but think of it as a predecessor to Stranger Things hidden labs holding exceptional human kids to continue their experimental expansions. Hanna in a sense was designed to be the next wave of the human soldier/agent bred by a government agency & stolen away by the agents who were to produce her & train her into an ultimate killing machine. I always wished there was a sequel occurring years later after Hanna has grown into an adult. As the pursuit of Hanna would continue despite the death of Wiegler. It would be a serious reckoning for an agency & all its agents trying to capture and control this uncontrolled wilful experiment.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/25

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Marcus H

Whilst Saoirse Ronan and most other cast members are engaging enough from the first moments, the plot, or weird excuse for a plot is off putting. I like watching movies I know nothing about to see how they engage me. This movie takes its time in threading us into its intrigues, due to its lack of a clear plot. By the time we begin to get enough idea of what the plot is, Saoirse has intrigued us so much it is more than obvious how she won so many awards for her presence and performance. What a great talent. A pleasure to watch. This movie grew on me inch by inch until the end. Interesting film making from a thoughtful and artful director.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/25

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Anthony W

The TV series is one of my favourite shows of all time, but had never watched the movie until now. While the movie is good, the series is better.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/05/24

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Pauline W

Great, if far fetched story. Great acting even is Saoirses accent is a bit off putting. Super thriller about a young girl who has been trained to survive, being cast into the world when her father is taken. Well worth watching

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/24

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Synopsis

Raised by her father (Eric Bana) in the Finnish wilderness, teenage Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) has trained all her life to be the perfect assassin. Her father sends her on a mission, and she stealthily makes her way across Europe while evading agents sent after her by a ruthless operative named Marissa (Cate Blanchett), who once worked with Hanna's father. As she draws closer to her target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and begins to question her humanity.

Director: Joe Wright
Producer: Leslie Holleran, Marty Adelstein, Scott Nemes
Screenwriter: Seth Lochhead, David Farr
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Focus Features, Sechzehnte Babelsberg Film, Holleran Company
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Sexual Material)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 8, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.2M
Runtime: 1h 51m

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