88 Minutes (2007)

Simply Perfect

Admirable film.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Un film pour rien. Tout est nul du début à la fin.

Now I'm not going to say this is the best movie ever made but it is interesting to watch.88 Minutes stars Al Pacino,Alicia Witt, Ben McKenzie,Leelee Sobieski,Amy Brenneman,William Forsythe,Deborah Kara Unger, Neal McDonough. The plot it would be hard to talk about without giving it away it's one of the movies you have to watch to get the plot the writers must have study about the mind games because the movie is full of it from the start to the finish.The score for the movie is bone chilling the feeling of anything could happen at any moment that's what the music does for the movie so it's one of the highlights for the movie.The climax of the movie will surprise you and where the movie is really showing it's strength.The Acting I agree is a mix at best but I have seen worse but the acting I'll say is Decent at best but Al,Leelee, Alicia and Neal's performances were not as bad people made it out to be Al made it work with his character along with him being on edge, Leelee shows she can actually act Neal was creepy each time he was screen. That being said I have to see 88 Minutes isn't a masterpiece but not a real bad movie it has something to make it worth the watch it just need time to be given the chance to take it for what it is worthI give 88 Minutes an 7 out of 10

This movie is not good. That said, it is entertaining in terms of how silly it is.If you watch this movie you'll get to see Al Pacino as a character under extremely stressful circumstances, in a position where each minute he wastes someone close to him could be killed in a horrible way, and he's basically fine with it all. Pacino stars a a forensic psychologist/professor who apparently became a multi millionaire like... convicting people of stuff. He's super famous, as far as psychologists or professors go, with everyone seeming to know his resume.Confronted with a bombardment of harassments from a mysterious source on the day a man he helped get convicted stands for execution, Pacino just deals with it all as it comes, not too worried about it really.With the exception of his not approving of another character's carrying a firearm she has a permit to carry, nothing seems to really rattle the guy. He keeps getting calls from a scary voice that updates him on how long he has to live and says, "tick toc doc". Yep. That's what the bad guy says.It's funny too because half the time the calls are from the bad guy - just checking in to be a dick and update him on his upcoming demise (which never even really pays off now that I think about it) and half the time it's one of his employees or someone else it's good to hear from.Pacino's character shrugs everything off and take it in stride, as if dealing with complex webs of murder conspiracies targeted at him are usual occurrences. His career is extremely glamorized and makes no sense - with him having his own office the size of a big law firm in a skyscraper that has James Bond vault status filing cabinets. His apartment is also outrageously badass - the ultimate bachelor pad of the future.Oh, and there are like 15 beautiful women in the movie too (all of which do a good job with their roles if you ask me). Each of them seem to have a sizzling crush on Pacino's character. There's literally even a scene where an attractive lesbian kisses him on the lips. He's quite the ladies man and he also enjoys drinking. As an FBI character puts it at one point in the film, "Everyone knows you're quite the ladies man and that you have a drinking problem!"It's kind of a bummer this thing sucked so much because the premise for the movie is actually fairly solid. You've got a guy on death row with a few tricks up his sleeve trying to cast doubt that he was the right guy by having someone on the outside mimic his crimes. Good premise! If substantially rewritten and executed under different direction this might have made for a great thriller. The cast was great and there's no reason it couldn't be. But oh well. The whole movie's just 10% thriller territory and 90% silly fun time zone, with Pacino himself often seeming like he's only half paying attention to the shoot - looking forward to going home and watching THE GODFATHER.Yeah, there's just a ton of really... weird stuff in this movie. I figured out who was behind it pretty early on, just going with my gut. There's so much exposition and forced twists and so many characters and so much back story that it all just becomes a tangled web of whatever and you stop caring and just take a guess. My guess turned out to be right. I didn't guess the motivation behind their involvement though because well, how could you? It was ridiculous. I've never seen anything like 88 MINUTES in my life. I give it six stars because it made me laugh out loud multiple times. There were just some moments so cheesy and some bits so outrageous that you can't help but laugh.It feels more dated than it is and it's one of those movies that's so bad it's good.

88 minutes a thriller and psychological crime film.. After 20 minutes into the film you will assume everyone is a suspect behind all the murders. Its a good role for Al Pacino making him a psychiatrist of forensic technology. The movie moves in a really fast pace and find it more thrilling in the end. Its a typical Jon Avnet's film.Movie starts with Jack (Al Pacino's character) receives a call saying he has a hour and a more to live. So Jack goes in search of all clues of the murders committed. while searching he suspects everyone around him and he makes us believe that they might also be involved.Finally at the end Jack solves the case and keeps up his name. I gave a 7 only because of Al Pacino's acting and a little for the story...