Genre: Drama/Historical
Director: Joanna Hogg
Writer: Abbie Q
Producer: Jane Campion
Based on the novel by Emma Donoghue
Cast: Michael Douglas, Roman Griffin Davis, Vincent Cassel, Berenice Bejo, Rita Moreno, Juliette Binoche, Alain Delon, Jenny Gago, Jean Reno
Budget: $33,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $7,194,020
Foreign Box Office: $12,119,453
Total Profit: -$40,150,215
Reaction: We knew this one was a difficult film to sell to audiences, but we still never imagined it would such a sizable box office bomb.
“Joanna Hogg gets her moment to shine in Akin and thanks to rookie Abbie Q’s smart script, we get a strong, topical and impressive movie about life and how extremism plays a large role in it. Add in a poignant showing by Michael Douglas and dare I say it, you have the best debut LRF has seen in some time.” - Mitchell Parker, New York Times
"Everything about the set-up of Akin felt contrived. It featured to half-hearted family mysteries of sorts, neither of which land with much of a bang. It will feel like more of a travelogue than an actual narrative film for much of the running time, wasting a good Michael Douglas performance - even though I found his character a pretentious bore." - George Overmyer, Baltimore Magazine
"Akin is not crazy long in actual running time, but it sure felt like it. I liked the duo of leads, Michael Douglas and Roman Griffin-Davis, but the film is so over-stuffed with details and plot threads that go nowhere, that it all overshadows the film's strengths." - Bobbie Gray-Smith, Sacramento Bee
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