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Hours

2013

Eric Heisserer

Paul Walker, Génesis Rodriguez, Nancy Nave, Shane Jacobsen ...

5.0

1,163

Thriller. Drama In New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina hits, a pregnant woman gives birth prematurely. She dies and her baby is in critical condition. The baby has to be kept in a neonatal incubator. When the hurricane strikes, all the power goes out and everyone in the hospital leaves. But the baby's father stays because the baby can't be moved so he has to take care of his baby by making sure the ventilator stays on. And because there's no ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"The situations it devises (...) are blandly realized. (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"An ingeniously simple setup is cunningly exploited for maximum suspense in 'Hours', a slow-building, consistently engrossing drama."	POS
United Kingdom	Mark Adams Screendaily	"Tense and absorbing."	POS
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"Mr. Walker is convincing as a man battling grief, exhaustion and, occasionally, an intruding outside world where lawlessness has taken hold."	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"One only wishes Walker had stronger, better developed material instead of a promising drama that eventually unravels and seems overlong even with a running time of 96 minutes. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU

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