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  • 88 Minutes
  • Opened April 18, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 48 min.
  • R
    disturbing violent content, brief nudity and language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the Read More
  • Cast: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman, William Forsythe
  • Director: Jon Avnet
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

88 Minutes Recent Fan Reviews

  • So-so

    "CRYSTAL METH"

    by mo_butter

    Al Pacino is "Hans Solo" in 88 MINUTES...which he hasn't done in a long time. But to enjoy anything about this movie, you truly must be an Al Pacino fan. That means having seen him in more than just "SCARFACE" and the "THE GODFATHER"! Al Pacino is one of my "Top 10" favorite actors, so even his worst movie I can endure. And 88 MINUTES just might be his worst film to date. The first time Al appears on screen in the movie is a shock to me...I've never seen Pacino look this bad. It seems like a combination of old age, having to much work done, and probably smoking ANGEL DUST for taking on this script! The whole cell phone thing has been cooked, burnt, and eaten enough times to start a holiday where anyone caught texting receives a shot to the leg. And an overly predictable plot about a serial killer who targets females hasn't been worth any interest since "SILENCE OF LAMBS". "RIGHTEOUS KILL" comes out soon, where Al & De Niro team up a 3rd time. 2 of my Top 10, 1 film, you decide!

  • Must Go!

    Dr. Pacino

    by joesteph

    The psychologist is wrapped up in a psychological maze, and the way through takes interesting twists and turns. It's straightforward in depicting sadistic murder, so that may not be for everyone to see, but it's true that serial killers are brutal animals, and the one depicted here is as sick as they come. When you find out the reason behind exactly 88 minutes, you see greater cruelty, and Pacino's character's paranoia is credible as the story moves along.

  • Oh No!

    88 MINUTES OF TRASH

    by MOVIES REVIEWER

    Just saw the press preview of this junk of a movie.

    Totally UNBELIEVABLE plot. Utterly predictable.

    Totally BAD acting.

    Totally complete WASTE OF TIME.

    Al Pacino at his WORST. Was smoking some really vile 'stuff'?

    This movie slugs it out with 'IN THE NAME OF THE KING: A DUNGEON SIEGE TALE' for best CHEESY acting award, best WORST movie of the year, best WORST acting ensemble, best MIS-casting, best WASTE OF CELLULOID, etc.

    See it at your peril.

    And you have my complete and full sympathies if you actually paid to see this CR@P.

    Final Verdict:
    This death knell DOES NOT even merit to be rented on DVD. AVOID at all costs!!!
    I should have thrown away my invite and done something more entertaining for the evening.
    Instead, I am now contemplating a lobotomy to remove this HORRIBLE movie from my memory.

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  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    If you're like me and think that any Pacino movie is sort of worth seeing, so...

  • 38
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    88 Minutes proves itself to be a maddeningly mediocre, ineptly manipulative...

  • 30
    The New York Times | Manohla Dargis

    Although it's often laugh-out-loud laughably bad, 88 Minutes is mostly just a...

  • 30
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    Not merely Pacino's over-mannered, near-histrionic performance, but the movie...

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