25th Hour
25th Hour
0 is a eulogy, mourning the New York of post-September 11, 2001, and the regrettable life of one of the city's least reputable citizens. Monty Brogan (Edward Norton) isn't a bad guy--in fact he's a mensch, adopting a battered dog in the film's mood-setting opening scene, and leading a decent life with his girlfriend (Rosario Dawson)... when he's not dealing narcotics. Facing a seven-year prison term, Monty spends his last free night with pals (Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman) and visiting his understanding father (Brian Cox), while a Russian drug lord pressures him for getting busted. Lee directs this plotless, no-win scenario as the last gasp of a guy with nowhere to go, and the film (written by David Benioff, from his own novel) suffers from a similar loss of potential, lacking enough focus to make Monty's odyssey compelling. Instead,
f0i 25th Hour
0 (which also costars Anna Paquin) rambles from scene to lazy scene, vaguely lamenting that lives have been wasted, some by terrorism, others by self-destruction.
f0i --Jeff Shannon
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AD463835-5097-4FAD-BE16-4D6AA1A11AD0 |
| upc: |
0786936218497 |
| title: |
25th Hour |
| theatricalDate: |
10-01-2003 |
| stars: |
Edward Norton
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Barry Pepper |
| purchase date: |
05-11-2005 |
| publisher: |
Buena Vista Home Vid |
| published: |
20-05-2003 |
| price: |
$14.99 |
| net Rating: |
4 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
135 |
| last lookup time: |
152888080 |
| genre: |
Crime & Criminals
Mystery & Thriller
School Days
Urban Life
Fathers & Sons
Haunted by the Past
Redemption |
| fullTitle: |
25th Hour |
| features: |
Color
Closed-captioned
Widescreen
Dolby
2.35:1 |
| director: |
Spike Lee |
| currentValue: |
$3.60 |
| created: |
152888064 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
B00008K7AO
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