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Genre : Thriller Release Date : March 23, 2012 MPAA Rating : R Duration : 91 minute(s) Production Budget : -Studio : IFC Films Official Site : http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/brake Reviews Rate :
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your mileage enjoying "Brake" may vary, but even if you spot the final destination coming, it's a pleasant enough joyride
by James Rocchi [MSN Movies ]
there are plenty of gripping moments, as well as a few silly ones - bees get involved at one point
by Andrew Lapin [NPR ]
the structural similarities between Brake and the 2010 hit Buried are hard to ignore
Review rate : C+
by Noel Murray [AV Club ]
suffice it to say, you will not be bored
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
regardless of whether you second-guess the climax or not, it'll thoroughly piss you off
by Michael Atkinson [Village Voice ]
may become a technical object lesson in how to film in extremely tight spaces
by Robert Koehler [Variety ]
it has no logic or credibility, and its paranoid view of Washington is too absurd to spur even a second thought
by Stephen Holden [New York Times ]
instead of dazzling, the twisty double ending sets the slight but ultimately critical emotional detachment of the preceding ninety minutes into greater relief
by Michelle Orange [Movieline ]
as political cinema, Brake may be gross; as a good time at the movies, it's a total non-starter
by Andrew Schenker [Slant Magazine ]
another you may not - neither satisfying enough to justify an hour and a half of Dorff-in-a-box
by Sara Stewart [New York Post ]
a sure sign the well of ideas has reached the watery muck at the bottom: multiple movies whose protagonists spend the entire running time inside a box
by Sam Adams [Time Out New York ]
a bit too much required suspension of disbelief, some plot holes, weak dialogue, and two increasingly silly twist endings ultimately sink the piece
by Brian Tallerico [HollywoodChicago.com ]
by Andrew Lapin [NPR ]
by Rex Reed [New York Observer ]
by Stephen Holden [New York Times ]
by Sara Stewart [New York Post ]
