Felon 2008

Noel Murray, AV Club: It's still white-knuckle tense, and held together by dozens of small, well-observed moments. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: For a film that seems to pride itself on its depiction of prison-reality, it feels extremely movie-phony. Read more

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John Anderson, Newsday: Tough, brutish prison drama with an easy windup, but good acting and an uncompromising take on the prison system. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: A subplot involving corrupt guards makes the movie even duller than the score that sounds like a rusty squeezebox. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: A good cast and disciplined direction add some distinction to Ric Roman Waugh's Felon, which is basically the old tale about an innocent man corrupted by a stay in prison. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: The stuff that happens in a tense, taut new movie called Felon is nothing less than electrifying. Read more

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Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Stephen Dorff's powerhouse perf as an ordinary Joe trapped behind bars with warring ethnic psychopaths propels "Felon" well ahead of its expose/exploitation brethren while still avoiding the pious learning curves of Frank Darabont's prestige prison dramas Read more

Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice: Felon gives everyone their tidy and expected due but outlines a realistic enough cycle of how a man's life can easily spiral out of his control. Read more