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Keane (2004)

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Reviews Counted:58

Fresh:48

Rotten:10

Average Rating:7.1/10

Consensus: The scrutinizing camera angles of Keane might at first feel too close for comfort, but this powerful portrait of a man distraught by the abduction of his child plumbs the depths of mental illness and the corners of fleabag hotels in an intimate and touching examination of the seedier side of life.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 90 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:22-09-2006

Synopsis: British actor Damian Lewis (BAND OF BROTHERS) gives a stunning lead performance in Lodge Kerrigan's powerful drama KEANE. He stars as William Keane, a man whose daughter was recently abducted at... British actor Damian Lewis (BAND OF BROTHERS) gives a stunning lead performance in Lodge Kerrigan's powerful drama KEANE. He stars as William Keane, a man whose daughter was recently abducted at the Port Authority in Manhattan, so he patrols the bus depot, recreating in his mind exactly how it happened to see if he can figure out who took her or where she might be. He talks to himself, shouts suddenly, and looks over his shoulder with fear and paranoia, an edgy, twitchy, wholly unnerving, and remarkable performance. When he befriends a down-on-her-luck woman (Amy Ryan) and her young daughter (Abigail Breslin), it is hard to know whether he is just being helpful or whether he has some kind of ulterior motive, as the young girl is about the same age as his missing daughter. Kerrigan makes no judgments about Keane; although it is clear he is suffering from some kind of mental illness, in some ways he represents an everyman. The talented writer-director lets the tale tell itself; there is no score, and he uses only natural sound and lighting. Some of the film was even written while on location in order to make it yet more realistic, which adds to both its horror and its glory. KEANE is like no other movie ever made on the subject of child abduction, a grittily authentic film that will stay with viewers for a very long time. [More]

Starring: Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan, Tina Holmes

Starring: Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan, Tina Holmes, Stephen Henderson

Director: Lodge Kerrigan

Director: Lodge Kerrigan
Screenwriter: Lodge Kerrigan
Producer: Andrew Fierberg
Studio: Magnolia Pictures

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It’s an amazing piece of work.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
09/19/05
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper

Kerrigan maintains that balance on the thin line between sanity and madness throughout his little miracle of a film by never wavering from Keane's wavering perspective

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
09/17/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Kerrigan is without peer at plumbing the violence of the mind.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
09/16/05
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

It's not fun, but it's as much an antidote to fake Hollywood nonsense as anything you'll see this year.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
09/16/05
E! Online
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Lewis, in an astonishingly elastic yet disciplined performance, invests Keane with a richly ambiguous, heartbreaking inner life that's only at peace when he manages to form a tenuous human connection.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/15/05
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

Keane is a movie you might see on a dare, and though I think it is brilliantly conceived, I wouldn't dare to dare you.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
09/14/05
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

Just another in a long line of films that tries and fails to examine the issue, taking the easy road by remaining detached from its own proceedings.

Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com | comment Comment
09/13/05
Edward Havens
Edward Havens
FilmJerk.com

An emotionally harrowing film that's probably too downbeat for general audiences. But for the more adventurous viewer seeking provocative fare, Kerrigan's third film confirms that he's a filmmaker of acute sensitivity and psychological nuance.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
09/09/05
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com

John Foster's hand-held camera rarely strays from Keane's face. He's loony, all right, but you have to feel sorry for him.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
09/09/05
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post

It rests on British-born Lewis' astonishing performance. His characterization is so bold, so raw and so far out on an emotional ledge that you can't help but fear he'll never find his way back.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/09/05
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A subtle morality tale, enlivened by intense moments

Full Review Source: Film-Forward.com | comment Comment
09/09/05
Kent Turner
Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com

An unsettling psychodrama that opens our hearts to a mentally and emotionally troubled man.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
09/09/05
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Kerrigan is as interesting a filmmaker as is haunting the margins of modern life, a place that needs some light. And certainly some sympathy.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
09/08/05
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

Lodge Kerrigan is a director worth watching, and Keane is a small wonder in a season of big but deadly, brainless blockbusters.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
09/07/05
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer

Keane, Kerrigan's third feature, is his real breakthrough.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
09/07/05
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

That might be this phenomenal film's emergent achievement: Its raw hopelessness is its universality.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/06/05
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice

The film is held together by the raw intensity of Damian Lewis' portrait of the emotional torment of a man whose life is falling apart.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/31/05
Ed Scheid
Ed Scheid
Boxoffice Magazine

The horribly overused device of the handheld camera makes Keane not simply grating and heavy-handed, but also nauseating.

Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | comment Comment
06/21/05
Leo Goldsmith
Leo Goldsmith
Not Coming to a Theater Near You

Tense and intense as Clean,Shaven, but not as compelling, Keane is an uncompromising but frustrating film, marred by slender narrative and elevated by cinema verite style

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
06/04/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The film is much more realistic than entertaining.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/13/05
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
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