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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 98TheWrapCarlos AguilarTheWrapCarlos AguilarMoratto’s concise firecracker of a movie is straightforward in its soul-crushing blows and an essential piece of social-realist cinema for our times.
- 88The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerThis could have been a thriller, but thrills are cheap and Moratto aims for something more documentative, sombre and meditative. It’s about paying debts and the illusionary concept of freedom.
- 88Washington PostAlan ZilbermanWashington PostAlan Zilberman7 Prisoners is an angry film, but Moratto, crucially, reserves his most intense judgment for an inhumane system, not the characters who are trapped by it, each in different ways.
- 83The PlaylistMonica CastilloThe PlaylistMonica CastilloThe tightly wound human drama increases to a boiling point that simmers all the way to the credits.
- 80The GuardianLeslie FelperinThe GuardianLeslie FelperinWith a Brechtian approach that compels the viewer to question both their own ethical assumptions and tacit complicity in a worldwide consumerist culture that exploits people all over the planet, 7 Prisoners is deeply uncomfortable but utterly compelling viewing.
- 80Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayLos Angeles TimesNoel MurrayWhile 7 Prisoners doesn’t pack many surprises, it is remarkably well drawn, featuring gripping performances and a vividly squalid setting.
- 75IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid Ehrlich7 Prisoners is mostly powered by the natural tension of its premise, which is simple and gripping and develops along a linear arc from bad to worse.
- 60Time OutPhil de SemlyenTime OutPhil de SemlyenIf the pay-off aims for the gut and misses, the journey to that point provides a searing microcosm of a corrupt and degrading system.