88 Minutes stars Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor and a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. A series of murders are being committed that match the work of a serial killer on death row whom Gramm help send to prison. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he uses his skills and training to try and narrow down the possible suspects and the connection to the murders before his time runs out. Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman and Neal McDonough also star.
To say this movie is getting ripped to shreds by the critics would be an understatement. Metacritic.com, which compiles reviews from movie critics around the world, has ranked the film at #3 on their All-Time lowest review scores. Having seen the film, I must say that while it is far from being a good movie, I don’t think it’s one of the all-time lowest. It’s got some tension, some mystery, and a couple twists. But ultimately the movie just collapses from it’s own laziness. It’s a lethargic movie that never matches the energy level it WANTS to be at. Instead, Al Pacino kind of sleep walks through this with wide-eyed confusion. Boring.
