25th Hour

MPAA Rating

R

Theatrical Release Date

Jan 09, 2003

Genre(s)

• Crime & Criminals
• Mystery & Thriller
• School Days
• Urban Life
• Haunted by the Past
• Redemption
• Fathers & Sons

Rating (Stars)

Description

25th Hour is a eulogy, mourning the New York of post-September 11, 2001, and the regrettable life of one of the city's least reputable citizens. Monty Brogan (Edward Norton) isn't a bad guy--in fact he's a mensch, adopting a battered dog in the film's mood-setting opening scene, and leading a decent life with his girlfriend (Rosario Dawson)... when he's not dealing narcotics. Facing a seven-year prison term, Monty spends his last free night with pals (Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman) and visiting his understanding father (Brian Cox), while a Russian drug lord pressures him for getting busted. Lee directs this plotless, no-win scenario as the last gasp of a guy with nowhere to go, and the film (written by David Benioff, from his own novel) suffers from a similar loss of potential, lacking enough focus to make Monty's odyssey compelling. Instead, 25th Hour (which also costars Anna Paquin) rambles from scene to lazy scene, vaguely lamenting that lives have been wasted, some by terrorism, others by self-destruction. --Jeff Shannon

Director

Spike Lee

Stars

• Edward Norton
• Philip Seymour Hoffman
• Barry Pepper
• Rosario Dawson
• Anna Paquin

Running Time

135 minutes

Original Price

$14.99

Current Value

$2.86

DVD Features

• Anamorphic
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 2.35:1