The Next Three Days
2010 · Movie · PG-13 · 133 min · ★ 7.1 · 51% critics
Life takes a sharp turn when a loving home life is shattered by a wife’s arrest for a murder she insists she didn’t commit. As time in prison stretches on, her partner fights through rejection and desperation to find a way to get her out, no matter the cost.
Based on Anything for Her
Also known as The Next 3 Days · Tout pour elle
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Details
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2010-11-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Critic score
- 51/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (3,108 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this tense prison-focused thriller if you like slow-building suspense and relentless determination; Not for you if you need airtight logic or fast pacing, and if you dislike similar thrillers like Traitor or Labor Day.
Pros: suspenseful tension; strong performances; old-fashioned thriller | Cons: slow pacing; implausible plot; unclear motivations
Themes
- homicide
- falsely accused
- women's prison
- murder
- jail
- suicidal
- female prisoner
- prison visit
- single father
- appeal
- college professor
- escape plan
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Russell Crowe
as John Brennan
Elizabeth Banks
as Lara Brennan
Ty Simpkins
as Luke Brennan
Brian Dennehy
as George Brennan
Helen Carey
as Grace Brennan
Olivia Wilde
as Nicole
Daniel Stern
as Meyer Fisk
Jason Beghe
as Detective Quinn
Aisha Hinds
as Detective Collero
Michael Buie
as Mick Brennan
Directed by Paul Haggis