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Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), arrests the driver (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. Read More Read Less

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Prisoners has an emotional complexity and a sense of dread that makes for absorbing (and disturbing) viewing.

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Prisoners (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Kate Stables Sight & Sound Guzikowski's well-honed thriller occasionally idles under Villeneuve's dark character studies, but the director's powerfully imposed mood of dread elevates what might otherwise have been just a superior police procedural. Jul 31, 2018 Full Review Prisoners (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Jason Bailey Flavorwire An increasingly sloppy thriller, filled with obvious clues, laughable red herrings, and halfhearted "shock" reveals, played at a snail's pace that lets far too much air into the narrative. Jun 19, 2016 Full Review Prisoners (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com This film haunted me for days and weeks after seeing it, and the feeling still lingers. Rated: A+ Apr 17, 2015 Full Review Prisoners (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Miles Surrey The Ringer The tense thriller that put its director on the map... Sep 29, 2023 Full Review Prisoners (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Iván Kazi EscribiendoCine While the resolution is close to being predictable... the movie's strong suit is something else. The process, the content, and the journey are profoundly immersive. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Dec 7, 2022 Full Review Prisoners (2013) | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies “Prisoners” offers some slick foreboding, crafty twists, and a satisfying ending. Rated: 4/5 Aug 24, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Kori G I think the Cast, and plot were great, but the end of the movie left me feeling sort of unsatisfied. Definitely a Hit movie, easily a favorite. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/02/24 Full Review Audience Member The picture and the actors were great but even though, the story was a pretty good idea, the big plot twist was pretty easy to guess way before it is revealed. For me personally this ruined the second half of the movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Joaquin M A thriller done right in every aspect of its glory. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review Priyan B Huge lack of emotional connect and boring second half makes this movie an average watch. 5/10 Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Michael R Gyllenhall's best role so far. I actually watched it twice in a row. I thought Jackman was a lightweight actor until I saw this, and he proved he absolutely is not. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/04/24 Full Review Audience Member Probably the best thriller film I’ve seen in a long time! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/29/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Denis Villeneuve Director Hugh Jackman Keller Dover Jake Gyllenhaal Det. Loki Viola Davis Nancy Birch Maria Bello Grace Dover Terrence Howard Franklin Birch
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Synopsis Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal), arrests the driver (Paul Dano), but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Director
Denis Villeneuve

Producer
Broderick Johnson, Kira Davis, Andrew A. Kosove, Adam Kolbrenner

Screenwriter
Aaron Guzikowski

Distributor
Warner Bros.

Production Co
8:38 Productions, Madhouse Entertainment

Rating
R (Language Throughout|Disturbing Violent Content|Torture)

Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 2013, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
May 10, 2015

Box Office (Gross USA)
$61.0M

Runtime
2h 33m

Sound Mix
Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital
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Has anything got 100% on rotten tomatoes? ›

100 Movies lists, but there are many others and several entries with dozens of positive reviews, which are considered surprising to some experts. To date, Leave No Trace holds the site's record, with a rating of 100% and 252 positive reviews.

What does 100 rotten tomatoes mean? ›

If 60% of reviews are positive, the movie is given a “Fresh” status, but if positive reviews fall below that benchmark, it is deemed “Rotten.” A popular piece of media will typically fall between the 70-90% range, but rarely, a project will receive a 100% score. This means every last review from critics was positive.

Was Alex innocent in Prisoners? ›

However, the film reveals that Alex was not involved in the actual kidnapping of the girls, he was only present due to living in the same house as Holly. Alex was also a victim and his trauma and mental disabilities put him on the wrong side of a grieving father.

Did Keller survive in Prisoners? ›

Keller is alive and is blowing his daughter's red whistle for help. Loki hears it and shrugs it off, but as the whistle's sound amplifies, Loki realizes something is off, and then the camera cuts to black. The End.

What is the #1 best movie ever? ›

Citizen Kane (1941), starring and directed by Orson Welles, has topped several international polls, including five consecutive decades at number 1 in the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound decennial poll of critics. Some surveys focus on all films, while others focus on a particular genre or country.

What movies have gotten a 99% on Rotten Tomatoes? ›

10 Nearly Perfect Movies With a 99% Score on Rotten Tomatoes
  • 3 'Paddington 2' (2017)
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What did Holly inject Anna with? ›

He discovers a photograph of Holly's husband, wearing the maze pendant found on the body in the priest's basem*nt. Realizing the danger, he is in, he draws his weapon and searches the house, discovering Anna being injected with poison by Holly.

Why did Holly kidnap Anna and Joy? ›

Keller goes to Holly's to find Anna. They talk for a while and then Holly pulls a gun. She explains that before her husband disappeared (implied to be the corpse in Dunn's basem*nt), they abducted children as part of their war on God to avenge their son's death, and to create demons out of the traumatized parents.

How did Keller know it was Holly? ›

Later, Keller, Grace, and Ralph rush to the hospital after learning Joy was found but not Anna. When Keller tried asking Joy where Anna was, she said to him 'you were there'. Keller realizes that it was Holly Jones who kidnapped his daughter, not Alex.

Why did Alex say they didn't cry until I left them? ›

Alex wasn't the kidnapper/serial killer; he only took the girls for a joyride. As Holly later explains to Keller, "I was the one who decided they should stay." The girls didn't cry until Alex left them because they weren't kidnapped until after Alex left them.

Is there a part 2 to Prisoners? ›

Unfortunately, for those hoping that the ambiguous ending leaves room for Prisoners 2, a sequel would be even more damaging to what the original movie achieved. The ending is meant to be unanswered even if the alternate ending suggests Prisoners has the happy ending fans were hoping for.

What did Alex say to Keller in Prisoners? ›

Alex Jones: [whispering to Keller] They only cried when I left them.

Does any show have 100 Rotten Tomatoes? ›

Other recent series with multiple seasons in the 100% club: The Good Place, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, One Day at a Time, Veep, Fleabag, Jane the Virgin, and Feel Good. Only Murders in the Building season 1 has the most reviews on its perfect 100% score.

How hard is it to get 100 percent Rotten Tomatoes? ›

Because it's “relatively” easy to get a 100% score after that first handful of reviews (five is the minimum count for a movie to get its Tomatometer), every film listed here has at least crossed the Certified Fresh threshold. Then we sorted them by movies with more reviews featured higher up.

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