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The 25th Hour [2003]
starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin
directed by: Spike Lee

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5017188888516
Format: PAL
Label: Touchstone Home Video
Manufacturer: Touchstone Home Video
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Touchstone Home Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: May 01, 2007
Running Time: 129 minutes
Studio: Touchstone Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: January 10, 2003
Sales Rank: 7748

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Thoughtful movie - but not as good as the book!
While much focus under reviews of the movie has been on Spike Lee's involvement in the film of the book and use of the post 11/9 setting, this in large part overlooks that the movie started with the great asset of a well written novel with a unique and timely story. In addition the using of the author David Beniofff to also write the screenplay seems to have ensured that much of the book's strengths were not lost in the transition to the screen.

Despite the few sops made from the book to Hollywood storylines (an over emphasis on did the girlfriend betray the lead character now destined for 7 years in jail and the resultant conversion of the ending), there is much to admire in the movie especially in tracking the story mix of the ... Read More:

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- What is that Scorsesean temptation about?
A strange and disquieting film more than an interesting one. It tries too much to demonstrate something and that something is just as unreal as the mind who thought it over, if over at all. A drug lord in New York is supposed to go spend seven years in prison. He must have been convicted and sentenced by a court. So what is he doing free outside the prison he is supposed to go to by his own means tomorrow? What's more on the very day before this move to the prison his apartment is raided by the police with a proper search warrant and money and drugs are found in his own couch, apparently on some information given to the police by some fink. And he is not arrested on the spot. So the whole film is a dream, the dream about the last day before going ... Read More:

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- Marginally better than watching paint dry!
I cannot believe I just wasted 129 minutes of my life watching this - 129 minutes I will never get back! Spike Lee really has over stepped the mark in indecent self indulgence. Not only is this film a complete waste of time, it is also a shameful waste of some of America and the UK's best acting talent. The characters are neither likable nor dislikeable; it really is impossible to feel anything while watching this film other than "when will it end"? Edward Norton really should have known better. I can only imagine that Brian Cox fell asleep in the middle of the script before he got to the thoroughly embarrassing "Speilberg-esque" monologue at the end, either that or he needs a new agent. And to waste the acting genius that is Philip Seymour Hoffman ... Read More:

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- Criminals are always playing spin the bottle and sooner or later it is going to point to the ugly
One of the many things that make 25th hour such a special film to me is how Benioff and Lee didn't attempt to cram too many events into this plot. This film does take place in just one day, and it's a perfect snapshot of the lead protagonist Monty Brogan's thoughts and actions in that final day before he begins a 7 year jail sentence for dealing heroin, expertly put together by David Benioff and Spike Lee. We see Brogan (superbly played by Edward Norton) walking his dog, talking to his girlfriend, having a meal with his father, going out to a club with his friends, preparing to go to jail and being driven there. It's not over the top, it isn't brash, but it does do what is necessary.

Brogan is clearly worried and regretful. This is faultlessly ... Read More:

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- Spike's best?
Being a much more subtle and mature film than 'Do the Right Thing' the above statement may actually be true. A fantastic film that doesn't have a grand plot but holds your interest through making the character and their friendship wholly believable.

This all happens without ever asking you to sympathise with the lead character, but instead asking you to examine the effect his actions have had on those around him, from the drug addict, to his girlfriend (played by Rosario Dawson who is on top form). In all a great film, go watch it.

DVD : The 25th Hour [2003]