The Next Three Days

Name: The Next Three Days
Genre: Romance, Drama, Thriller, Crime

United States, France · 2010
Rated PG-13 · 2h 13m
Director Paul Haggis
Starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Brian Dennehy, RZA
Genre Romance, Drama, Thriller, Crime

A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

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ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Offers enough suspense to make it worth the price of admission.

New York Post by Kyle Smith

I didn't buy how The Next Three Days plays out - but I almost bought it, and that's good enough for a thriller.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

If The Next Three Days were just a little more mindless, it might have been more joyful.

Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez

The Next Three Days might have fared a lot better if the screenwriters had stuck to "The Next Two Days."

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

The movie is a competent thriller, but maybe could have been more.

Orlando Sentinel by Roger Moore

A detail-oriented thriller that lets us keep up even as it races to a conclusion.

Movieline by Stephanie Zacharek

The plot is worked out with care, and it takes its time, unapologetically, in a manner that's perfectly suited to thinking adults. The whole enterprise reeks of class.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Stephen Cole

An okay thriller with lots of smart flourishes, The Next Three Days has us hooked early on but never quite gets us in the boat.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

The Next Three Days is genre fare - no pretensions, no nonsense.

The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy

Although involving, this remake of a recent French film never reaches the anticipated heights of excitement and suspense.