Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Todd Field
Writer: Alex Conn
Producer: John Malone
Cast: Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Woody Harrelson, Bruce Greenwood, Ellar Coltrane, Bella Thorne, Bailee Madison, Ray Romano, John Magaro
Budget: $31,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $50,483,182
Foreign Box Office: $25,696,004
Total Profit: $9,751,926
Reaction: Decent numbers for a mid-budget dramatic thriller. Based on how well films like this performed last season, we were hoping for a bit more, but we won't complain about a profitable movie like this.
"The film's plot is almost an upper middle-class suburban take on Death Wish, which is a pretty clever twist on the concept. The film isn't without faults, namely some of the casting could be better (Firth especially), but the story itself works well." - Michael Wilmington, Rolling Stone
"Director Todd Field excels at the suburban drama where seemingly good people are left to make difficult decisions that affect their fate. He handles the material here with that same reliable skill. The film may not have worked as smoothly with a less skilled hand behind the camera." - Allen Poole, AV Club
"I think the story itself is one rife with potential, but Colin Firth is simply not capable of pulling off the range required of the dark lead role here. And as we know, a film is not going to work if the lead role doesn't work. It was a major flaw that made the film not work as a whole for me." - Richard Park, Globe and Mail
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Rated R for language, violence, and some drug content
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