Collaborator 2011

Stephen Holden, New York Times: An exceedingly earnest, high-minded hostage drama in which any visceral tension is secondary to topical debates by a captor and his prisoner. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: The dolefully talented actor Martin Donovan wrote, directed, and stars in a pressure-cooker two-hander. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: Oddly, it's Donovan's performance here that proves the movie's weakest link, though his writing and helming tie for a close second. Read more

Andrew Lapin, NPR: Writer-director-star Martin Donovan can't connect the dots; the film is a ponderous bore. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: It's no surprise that Donovan's directorial debut finds him firmly rejecting the mainstream in favor of a deliberately suffocating challenge. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Both characters are riveting, and they even manage to earn most of the freight that Donovan loads onto his heavily ironic title. Read more

Adam Litovitz, Globe and Mail: Morse and Donovan hold us rapt in this clearly told tale about identity confusion. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: As the characters drink and drug a long night away, the film turns into a pointed examination of the many masks people don to hide their various grievances and torments. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: What really matters is the interplay between two fine actors, the icy Donovan and the fiery Morse. Read more

Chris Packham, Village Voice: On one level, it's a dark, funny tragedy, but it's also Donovan's thesis on his own craft. Read more