Directed by:
Antoine FuquaCinematography:
Maz MakhaniComposer:
Marcelo ZarvosCast:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard, Ethan Hawke, Eli Goree, Christina Vidal, Adrian Martinez, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, David Castañeda Jr., Becky Wu (more)VOD (1)
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If you're not familiar with the Danish original and were lured in by Jake, you'll probably enjoy this. For those familiar with the original film, it's a complete waste of time that, with complete (and totally irrelevant to the plot) exceptions, just dully copies the excellent original. Unfortunately, Jake Gyllenhaal overacts at times and falls far short of his highest acting qualities as in Prisoners or Zodiac. [55%]
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This is just another Americanized carbon copy overshadowed by the original 2018 Danish movie called The Guilty. There is no point watching it if you have already seen the original as this movie has nothing new to offer. The only enjoyable aspect was Jake Gyllenhaal's focused performance, even though he was really completely wasted in this.
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It doesn't feel like the Americans added anything fresh to this remake. In fact, it seems to lack some logic in places. The concept does lend itself to a strong performance, and Jake Gyllenhaal definitely takes the spotlight, maybe a bit too egoistically. If you haven’t seen the original, it’s a decent minimalist thriller. Otherwise, it feels pretty unnecessary.
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If you’re familiar with the Norwegian original and thus the whole plot, The Guilty won’t manage to thrill you. Rather, we can just enjoy the presence of Jake Gyllenhaal and compare the formalistic concept, which in this case is livened up with a communication centre’s large monitors displaying Californian wildfires. The intensity of the main character’s explosive mental state is surprising for a mainstream Netflix movie, as if Antoine Fuqua attempted to make up for the original film’s lack of rawness and authenticity. Gyllenhaal tries hard and everyone knows that he is capable, but the degree of focus on his character is almost superficially overwrought. We don’t know the character and his good human qualities enough to sympathise with him.
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A thriller... and a cheap one. Gyllenhall savors the ambiguous character of an emergency line operator who gets a call from an abducted woman. With a computer and head set in the supporting roles. I haven’t seen the original and don’t know how much Pizzolatto changed, but the dialogs and twists are very good with the suffocating Covid atmosphere. Calling over the phone and face to face contact just aren’t the same! One day I might watch the original Danish version.
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