The Next Three Days
Life for John and Lara Brennan is miserable after she is convicted of a murder she says she did not commit. Three years later while struggling with the demands of work and raising his son alone, John is still trying to establish her innocence. When her final appeal is rejected, Lara becomes suicidal, forcing John to exercise the only option he has left: Break her out of prison.
10 October 1970, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
13 November 1975, Brooklyn, New York, USA
31 August 1964
2 February 1957, Burlington, Vermont, USA
January 27, 2013
This is Crowe's movie to carry and he does it with an earthy realism that reminds of the actor he is beneath the persona.
September 22, 2012
It's the kind of edge of your seat thriller that leaves you in constant suspense of how the situation will resolve.
November 22, 2010
In its final half-hour, all the stops are pulled. The movie is still wildly implausible but at least it's hurtling forward.
June 29, 2011
...The most effective scenes employ the Hitchcockian maxim that you can show a couple kissing for as long as you like provided there's a bomb under the bed. Haggis has plenty of bombs and plenty of beds to put them under.
November 19, 2010
Haggis knows that the question isn't only can he do it, but should he?
January 05, 2011
In the third act, both Haggis and his actors kick it into high gear, leading to a breathless chase sequence, the outcome of which is unpredictable to the last moments.
November 19, 2010
It's laughably, eye-rollingly absurd, so you don't watch it and wonder, "Hey, why not?" You endure it and wonder, "So ... why did they do that?"
November 22, 2010
The movie is a caper without playfulness or wit -- it's accomplished but not much fun.
September 28, 2012
The Next Three Days is kind of a throwback to the classic action movies Hollywood put out in the mid-nineties - the 'one man versus the world' era of thrillers, in which lantern-jawed heroes fight to save their family against improbable odds
April 12, 2011
If it didn't feel like the movie took three days to get through, this could have been a pretty good thriller.
August 12, 2011
Even with an actor of Crowe's skill, it's hard to believe the mild, thoughtful John would take to the mean streets of Pittsburgh for fake IDs, blast his way into drug houses and such.
July 14, 2011
Managing to overcome the contrivances and implausibilities of the storyline, The Next Three Days succeeds through the sheer verisimilitude of the performances and direction.
