Shot (2017)
Mark (Noah Wyle) and Phoebe are in the midst of a breakup. Miguel, a bullied teenager, gets an illegal gun and accidentally shoots Mark. In real time we now experience the consequences of getting shot. Using multiple screen techniques, we viscerally go through everything the couple goes through, and at the same time see how the boy tries to avoid getting caught. The story tracks the events of what the medical profession calls the 'golden hour' with all efforts of EMTs and ER teams attempting to save Mark's life. We share Mark's shock, pain, anger, fear, humor, guilt, grief and desire for vengeance and potential redemption, and we watch how this all effects his troubled relationship with his wife. We also track the struggles Miguel has facing his responsibility for the shooting. After that hour of terror, we discover these three characters 5 months later and experience how their lives have been turned upside down, leading to a confrontation with the three of them when Miguel asks for...
29 October 1975, Seoul, South Korea
28 December 1970, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
17 October 1972, Tucson, Arizona, USA
18 August 1970, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
16 February 1972, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
29 June 1984, Miami, Florida, USA
January 17, 2018
Using acute, penetrating realism, a career-best performance from Wyle, air-tight writing incorporating pressing themes, and an unpredictable ending that will leave you speechless, Shot overwhelmingly succeeds as a film and a statement about our culture.
September 26, 2017
Shot is not sophisticated, but it is truthful, which is, after all, the basis of most clichés.
September 21, 2017
Shot certainly has a message, and implies villainy in the universe, but its story is about innocents.
September 21, 2017
Shot is caught between two worlds: telling a straightforward story ... and fashioning a message movie...
September 21, 2017
It's the fine acting and the film's plea for sensible gun control that carry the day.
September 22, 2017
2nd Amendment advocates arming themselves against a Hollywood screed will be relieved that the film avoids political activism to focus on trauma and recovery.
September 20, 2017
The characters deal with guilt, disability, and trauma, culminating in an intense final confrontation...and an underlying whiff of a Very Special Episode.
September 21, 2017
"Shot" would have you believe there's a moral to this fable. But suggesting that the solution to the problem of gun violence is as simple as one of Aesop's fables only adds insult to injury.
December 17, 2017
This may be a gimmicky exploration of gun violence, which sometimes feels like a preachy public service advisory, but its story unfolds with raw power.
September 21, 2017
... Shot is often clunky and poorly directed.
September 27, 2017
Wyle is so good as he goes through the stages of pain, rage, remorse and resignation that he keeps you caring and alert.
September 22, 2017
Noah Wyle's vivid performance as a victim of random gun violence anchors one side of a split-screen drama that's only half good.
