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88 Minutes (2008)

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Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman

A thriller about a college professor who, while moonlighting as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat telling him that he has only 88 minutes to live. In narrowing down possible suspects, he frantically seeks to communicate with a problem student, an ex-girlfriend, and a seria... (read more)

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed by: Jon Avnet
Release Date: Apr 18, 2008
DVD Release Date: Sep 16, 2008

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8 hours ago
A thriller that tries to keep you on the edge, but is way too messy, too many plotholes, an overreliance on cellphones and Pacino looks like he slept through the whole thing. It just manages to be entertaining, but just barely.
8 hours ago
How come I don't remember Alicia Witt being in the previews? She had a much bigger part than Leelee Sobieschek or the O.C kid.
12 hours ago
I expected better from Pacino, but in all a decent movie
1 day ago
This movie is very weak. Frankly the killer could be anyone, so there is no point in guessing. Apparently, there is no rhyme or reason for your actions if you are psychologically insane.

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2 days ago
A underrated and very interesting movie. al is at his best and the movie kept me guessing

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589 days ago
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Nothing would give me keener pleasure than to reveal the identity of the killer, but a day after seeing the film I have genuinely forgotten.
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589 days ago
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The galumphing serial-killer picture 88 Minutes is dumb enough to be straight out of the parodies in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
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592 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
An inane thriller whose major fear factor hinges on a menacing phone call, the film also relies on a silly phrase intended to fill the viewer with unspeakable terror: 'Tick tock, Doc.'
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592 days ago
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine
Fortunately for the great Al--and us--this one ought to be in and out of theatres in just about 88 hours.
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592 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Avnet lays all this stuff out before us with a straight face -- the picture is humorless and witless.
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