
Mark (Noah Wyle) and Phoebe are in the midst of a breakup. Miguel, a bullied teenager, gets an illegal gun and accidentally shoots Mark. In real time we now experience the consequences of getting shot. Using multiple screen techniques, we viscerally go through everything the couple goes through, and at the same time see how the boy tries to avoid getting caught. The story tracks the events of what the medical profession calls the "golden hour" with all efforts of EMTs and ER ... (Full plot summary below)
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Mark (Noah Wyle) and Phoebe are in the midst of a breakup. Miguel, a bullied teenager, gets an illegal gun and accidentally shoots Mark. In real time we now experience the consequences of getting shot. Using multiple screen techniques, we viscerally go through everything the couple goes through, and at the same time see how the boy tries to avoid getting caught. The story tracks the events of what the medical profession calls the "golden hour" with all efforts of EMTs and ER teams attempting to save Mark's life. We share Mark's shock, pain, anger, fear, humor, guilt, grief and desire for vengeance and potential redemption, and we watch how this all effects his troubled relationship with his wife. We also track the struggles Miguel has facing his responsibility for the shooting. After that hour of terror, we discover these three characters 5 months later and experience how their lives have been turned upside down, leading to a confrontation with the three of them when Miguel asks for forgiveness for what he did and Mark, paralyzed and embittered, considers revenge.
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| Film InquiryAlex ArabianUsing acute, penetrating realism, a career-best performance from Wyle, air-tight writing incorporating pressing themes, and an unpredictable ending that will leave you speechless, Shot overwhelmingly succeeds as a film and a statement about our culture. |
| KDHX (St. Louis)Martha K. BakerShot is not sophisticated, but it is truthful, which is, after all, the basis of most clichés. |
| Film Journal InternationalAndré HerefordNoah Wyle's vivid performance as a victim of random gun violence anchors one side of a split-screen drama that's only half good. |
| The Critical Movie CriticsFrank Ochieng...engrossing and sympathetically realized. However, Shot needed to embrace the gun control pulpit more fully than only scratching its surface and playing it sentimentally safe. |
| User ReviewFrances HI liked this film and particularly its message. Noah Wyle gave a wonderful performance and I thought the ending was particularly good, as well as the pictures of his past that Mark sees in the lights over exam table in the hospital, as well as the moment by moment from the shooting to being wheeled into the operating room. A very good effort all around. |
| User ReviewFarah RShot is a boring drama filmed in a weird way that looks more like a soap opera than a movie. It's trying to deliver an important message but doesn't have the right ingredients to help it achieve that. Not worth watching. |