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Proof of Life

2000

Taylor Hackford

Russell Crowe, Meg Ryan, David Morse, Pamela Reed ...

5.3

9,453

Action. Drama. Romance. Thriller In a mountainous South American country, drug-dealing rebels kidnap Peter Bowman, a US engineer who works for an oil company's subsidiary. The company calls in a negotiator, Terry Thorne, an Aussie ex-soldier based in London. When the subsidiary goes bankrupt, the oil company washes its hands of the matter and pulls Thorne. Bowman's wife Alice begs him to stay. She and Peter's sister cobble together some money, Thorne talks ransom terms ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A complete no-brainer. Ryan does her usual routine of being on the verge of tears by wrinkling up her nose, and looking as if she is being tickled with a giant invisible feather"	NEG
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"'Casablanca' without sex meets 'Commando' without laughs, satisfying almost no-one's cravings in the process (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I was interested all through the movie--interested, but not riveted (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"What ultimately sinks this stylish but heartless film is a flat lead performance by the eternally snippy Meg Ryan."	NEG
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"But neither Crowe, Ryan nor the topical subject keeps 'Proof of Life' from feeling recycled."	NEG
United States	Maitland McDonagh TV Guide	"Crowe almost makes it work. His emotionally charged performance stands in contrast to Ryan's annoying, movie-star turn (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Neil Smith BBC	"[It] briefly comes to life during its all-action climax, but the result is still a broken-backed exercise in dissipated tension (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[It] isn't a movie. It's an overpriced scrapbook."	NEG

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