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When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because he's Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
Leave your thoughts about 24 Days.
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereA real-life "Taken." Tremendously gripping Paris police procedural. |
| Screen InternationalLisa NesselsonAlexandre Arcady's film is wrenching and politically astute. |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe movie, starring Zabou Breitman, Jacque Gamblin, Pascal Elbé, Sylvie Testud, and Tony Harrisson, has a more upsetting dimension than most suspense dramas as it’s based on a true story, a story that touches on issues still roiling France today. |
| Maven's NestNora Lee MandelAs tensely suspenseful as it is shocking. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferSuspenseful with moving performances, but suffers from a pedestrian, Hollywood-style screenplay and brisk pacing that doesn't give the film enough room to breathe nor does it trust your patience. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford...a powerful family drama that has marked political and social overtones. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordTold from Ruth's POV, the movie is nonetheless a tense police procedural as we keep company with the Halimi family undergoing confusion, fear, rage, hope and ultimately grief. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. LevitIts ending known beforehand, the story nevertheless unfolds as a suspenseful thriller rather than docudrama, much of the credit for which goes to Manu de Sousa's jumpy editing. |
| Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyKnowing the outcome behind the true-life tragedy 24 Days doesn't diffuse the horror, the tension or the sadness of watching one family's drama unfold day after agonizing day when a son is kidnapped and hope dies. |
| Village VoiceAbby GarnettThis retelling is more concerned with black-and-white morality, which drains it of suspense. |