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Repentance

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A disturbed client (Forest Whitaker) uses torture to coerce a self-help author (Anthony Mackie) into confessing his untold crimes.
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Andy Webster New York Times 03/02/2014
A movie of modest means that nevertheless offers a fairly cohesive story and at least one standout performance. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 11/08/2022
Repentance is an acid sendup of Stalinism’s cruel absurdities, which was itself banned for a pre-years. Go to Full Review
John Fink The Film Stage 06/21/2016
C-
Despite convincing performances, the fatal flaw is the attempt to meld two genres together that don't quite work. Go to Full Review
Brent Simon Paste Magazine 03/04/2014
3.8/10
A mopey thriller that unsuccessfully tries to blend psychological portraiture with pointless tension derived from torture, Caland's film wastes two performances that outstrip the material's intelligence deficit. Go to Full Review
Nathan Rabin The Dissolve 03/03/2014
1/5
Repentance likes to imagine it traffics in shock, but it's the kind of movie where everyone and everything is exactly as they appear. Go to Full Review
Kam Williams Baret News 02/28/2014
1.5/4
The Silence of the Butler! Go to Full Review
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carmin p Nov 2 This has to be one of the worst movies that I've ever seen. Unrealistic and silly. I'm surprised some phenomenal actors starred in this movie. It was very low budget, so I'm assuming they did it as a favor. Mike Epps can do well in dramas, but has a tendency to over act. Anthony Mackie as a life coach was believable, but hard to believe anyone would pay $300/hour for those services, especially when the customer (Whitaker) was living in a dilapidated home that needs repair. The ending was quite odd and the inability of anyone to defend themselves was even worse. See more Lorry S 04/12/2024 There is a twist of supernatural. Worth watching. If you like movies like 'It Lies Beneath'. See more Mrs. J 02/27/2024 The movie had no conclusion. It just stopped and credits rolled. I felt like i wasted 2 hours of my time See more 02/05/2024 This Psychological Thriller that stars: Anthony Mackie, Forrest Whitaker, Mike Epps and Nicole Ari Parker are incredible, good acting, writing and very driven plot right when it starts with good direction but the acting can be to much over the top and the little girl is can be annoying at times and she doesn't really serve a purpose and only being there to be starting point and related with one the characters. Do like they show some of New Orleans and they put some of the culture and references that the city is know for. This movie does have a interesting twisted ending, that again could be up to interpretation depends how you look at the film and if you were pay attention. All in all not a bad movie but definitely recommend and one time watch and give a A-👍👍 See more Trina H 01/27/2024 I particularly did not care for this movie; exspecailly the ending. See more 08/14/2022 I’ll give it one star because Mike Epps performance is really good. But give rest of this ass movie is dumb. Dude gets out twice and doesn’t even try to go out the front door or hide until he comes through the basement door and kill him. It’s so dumb See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A disturbed client (Forest Whitaker) uses torture to coerce a self-help author (Anthony Mackie) into confessing his untold crimes.
Director
Philippe Caland
Producer
Philippe Caland, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi
Screenwriter
Shintaro Shimosawa, Philippe Caland
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Code Black Entertainment
Rating
R (Violence Including Torture|Language)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 28, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 10, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.2M
Runtime
1h 33m
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