Repentance

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Repentance

R,

2014,

1h 33m,

Mystery & Thriller

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33%

6 Reviews

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42%

2,500+ Ratings

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33%

Tomatometer

6 Reviews

42%

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2,500+ Ratings

A disturbed client (Forest Whitaker) uses torture to coerce a self-help author (Anthony Mackie) into confessing his untold crimes.

Andy Webster

New York Times

Mar 2, 2014

A movie of modest means that nevertheless offers a fairly cohesive story and at least one standout performance.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Nov 8, 2022

Repentance is an acid sendup of Stalinism’s cruel absurdities, which was itself banned for a pre-years.

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John Fink

The Film Stage

Jun 21, 2016

C-

Despite convincing performances, the fatal flaw is the attempt to meld two genres together that don't quite work.

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Brent Simon

Paste Magazine

Mar 4, 2014

3.8/10

A mopey thriller that unsuccessfully tries to blend psychological portraiture with pointless tension derived from torture, Caland's film wastes two performances that outstrip the material's intelligence deficit.

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Nathan Rabin

The Dissolve

Mar 3, 2014

1/5

Repentance likes to imagine it traffics in shock, but it's the kind of movie where everyone and everything is exactly as they appear.

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Kam Williams

Baret News

Feb 28, 2014

1.5/4

The Silence of the Butler!

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Harry L

Nov 8, 2015

For Someone Whom Is Meant To Be This Genius-Educated Life-Coach, He Ain't Exactly Good At Picking The Crazies, What An Idiot?? The Protagonist & The Therapist Appear To Cross Paths All Too Easily, I Did Not Buy Into It At All. The Story Cherry-Picks From Stephen King's 'Misery', (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misery_(novel)) But It Is Played Out In A Basement With Questionable Views On A Nutters Acceptance Of Reality. It Ultimately Ends Here Asking The Question, Does Two Wrongs Make A Right? Erasing Hate & Loss Through Vengeful Acts? ..But This Film Is So Simplistic In It's Delivery That It Must Spell This Notion Out With A Vagueness That The Stories Ultimate Vulnerability Is It Is So Badly Done You Are Guaranteed To Reach The End Going WTF?? It Is A Disappointing Try At Being Something Deep & Intelligent When It All Achieves Is Stupid Lameness. -Sigh-

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Philippe Caland

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Anthony Mackie

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Synopsis

A disturbed client (Forest Whitaker) uses torture to coerce a self-help author (Anthony Mackie) into confessing his untold crimes.

Director: Philippe Caland
Producer: Philippe Caland, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi
Screenwriter: Shintaro Shimosawa, Philippe Caland
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Code Black Entertainment
Rating: R (Violence Including Torture|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 28, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 10, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.2M
Runtime: 1h 33m

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