Entertainment Weekly
The movie seems to mistake the taut minimalism of the original for something that needs to be goosed and adrenalised...
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The Guilty (2021)
Jake Gyllenhaal leads this one-location thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer) about a demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk. When he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman, the situation escalates quickly and without warning. Co-stars Ethan Hawke and Riley Keough (Zola). Based on the 2018 Danish film of the same name.
202190 minsUSA
CrimeDramaThriller
The Guilty (2021) / Reviews
Slant Magazine
Engaging, no-frills entertainment that still fails to justify its reason for being.
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The Guilty is never boring, but halfway through you've just had enough of it.
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The New York Times
(Gyllenhaal) builds to an all-caps-plus-exclamation-point performance; that he does so without losing his grip - on us or the character - is some kind of miracle.
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Decider
The Guilty is a heavy, stressful watch, and if it isn't too far-fetched, it's at least a little bit fetched.
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Empire Magazine
Gyllenhaal flexes all his considerable acting muscles in this taut, tense thriller. One of the better remakes you'll see.
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Boston Globe
The Guilty gets less and less plausible, not least of all in how neatly it ties together various plot elements.
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