The Captive

"When hope is all you have."

2014 1h 52m EN

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Synopsis

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Eight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.

“When hope is all you have.”

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Cast

Ryan Reynolds
Matthew
Mireille Enos
Tina
Rosario Dawson
Nicole
Scott Speedman
Jeffrey
Kevin Durand
Mika
Alexia Fast
Cass
Christine Horne
Vicky
Bruce Greenwood
Vince

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Atom Egoyan
Writers: Atom Egoyan, Atom Egoyan, David Fraser
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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Released 12 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Atom Egoyan, shot by Paul Sarossy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Susan Shipton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Ryan Reynolds and Mireille Enos and Rosario Dawson carry the top of the cast.

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Marketing tagline: "When hope is all you have.".

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IMDB entry: tt2326612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Atom Egoyan directs. Paul Sarossy behind the camera. Mychael Danna scores. Susan Shipton cuts. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 12 years ago.
2Directed by Atom Egoyan, shot by Paul Sarossy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Susan Shipton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ryan Reynolds and Mireille Enos and Rosario Dawson carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "When hope is all you have.".
7IMDB entry: tt2326612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 16 themes, including "canada", "kidnapping", "suspicion", "video surveillance".
9Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Paul Sarossy
Original score: Mychael Danna
Editing: Susan Shipton
Production design: Phillip Barker
Costume design: Debra Hanson
Makeup / hair: Suzanne Benoit
VFX supervisor: Robert Crowther
Sound: Matthew Chan
Stunt coordinator: Alison Reid
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,075,178
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Captive (2014)

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Reno2016-09-29
★ 6/10
The message is to we be alert all time, no matter how friendly the society is. This is like an extended version of 'Prisoners'. Sets in a small snowy Canadian town where a ten year old girl was mysteriously disappeared and so the film focused on the life of her parents who are eager to see her even after 8 years past. The cops and parents, hopelessly look for any clue of her being alive. Happy or sad ending, that's what the film's conclusion decides. Maybe the director was inspired to make this by his previous film, which was similar and based on the real, but that ends differently. Films like this scares if you are a family man. But I think if we keep watching them at the time of it comes out, it is to alert us about our family security lapse. No matter whatever the country is, how safety it is, as they say, still thing like this happens in an eye blink time. The film is really something big, I wanted to like it, but they did not make the film right. Not a bad film, only badly made, that's all. The characters, the concept had potential and the development ruined it everything. Nearly 75 per cent of the film was a drag. Everything we wanted to know is in first 15 and the last 30 minutes. In between, they have wasted in the name of development, hence the film failed to impress as what it promised, not from the message perspective and that's the point. Not all the actors were good, particularly Ryan Reynolds was the best. The remaining ones were okay, though Rosario Dawson was the next best thing in the film. I did not like the presentation, it was so random to move from and forth between in the 8 years time span, it totally messed the film. Not only confuses the viewers, it gained nothing from it. Because usually this kind of narration method used to bring twist and turns and audience to keep guessing till the final, but in this case, it did not work at all. Other than that the film was better than it was criticised, I still suggest it for the adults because of the film theme. 6/10

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