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Keane

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Keane (Damian Lewis) is a mentally unbalanced man who roams the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, looking for his daughter, who was supposedly kidnapped a year earlier. When he's not at the bus station he holes up in a dingy hotel, numbing himself with drugs and alcohol. But when Lynn (Amy Ryan), a young single mother, and her daughter, Kira (Abigail Breslin), check into the hotel, Keane reaches out to help them, and he ends up helping himself at the same time.

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Critics Consensus

The scrutinizing camera angles of Keane might at first feel too close for comfort, but this powerful portrait of a man distraught by the abduction of his child plumbs the depths of mental illness and the corners of fleabag hotels in an intimate and touching examination of the seedier side of life.

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Nigel Andrews Financial Times 05/15/2015
2/5
It is like bad Bresson, if that were a possibility. All signifiers and no meaning; all tics and no truths; all mute emoting and no emotion. Go to Full Review Geoff Pevere Toronto Star 06/16/2006
3.5/4
Unshakably harrowing but deeply moving. Go to Full Review Kate Taylor Globe and Mail 06/16/2006
2.5/4
The film achieves a dramatic intensity that is both admirable and frustrating. Go to Full Review Lael Loewenstein FilmWeek (LAist) 08/26/2022
It is excruciatingly tense and so well-acted... An extraordinary film. Go to Full Review Chelsea Bain Boston Herald 10/21/2006
3/4
Ken Eisner Georgia Straight 09/29/2006
One's compassion is both challenged and expanded by a rare movie that really does go its own way. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/13/2019 Interesting piece but it was work to get through. See more Leaburn O @RT35452347 11/04/2015 Really unsettling viewing and you're never quite sure where the boundary lies between a conscientious good man and a schizophrenic liability. Throwing a stranger's kid into the mix is all a little bit too much for comfort. An interesting portrait of a man's life unravelling in any case. See more 08/07/2014 The film isn't all that great. But Damian Lewis proves again why he continues to be one of the most underrated actors working today. It's his tour de force performance that really carries this film to the finish line. See more 07/17/2014 The film isn't all that great. But Damian Lewis proves again why he continues to be one of the most underrated actors working today. It's his tour de force performance that really carries this film to the finish line. See more 06/24/2014 The film isn't all that great. But Damian Lewis proves again why he continues to be one of the most underrated actors working today. It's his tour de force performance that really carries this film to the finish line. See more 10/07/2013 Tension palpable autour des intentions (bonne ou mauvaises?) d'un père désemparé à la recherche de sa prétendue fille disparue. See more Read all reviews
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Lodge Kerrigan

Director

Damian Lewis

William Keane

Abigail Breslin

Kira Bedik

Amy Ryan

Lynn Bedik

Liza Colón-Zayas

Ticket Agent

John Tormey

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Synopsis Keane (Damian Lewis) is a mentally unbalanced man who roams the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City, looking for his daughter, who was supposedly kidnapped a year earlier. When he's not at the bus station he holes up in a dingy hotel, numbing himself with drugs and alcohol. But when Lynn (Amy Ryan), a young single mother, and her daughter, Kira (Abigail Breslin), check into the hotel, Keane reaches out to help them, and he ends up helping himself at the same time.
Director
Lodge Kerrigan
Producer
Andrew Fierberg
Screenwriter
Lodge Kerrigan
Distributor
Magnolia Films
Production Co
Populist Pictures, Serene 9, Studio Fierberg, Canary Films, Section Eight Ltd.
Rating
R (Language|Drug Use|Scene of Strong Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 5, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.3K
Runtime
1h 32m
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