
Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished college, where his charm and reputation have made his philosophy class very popular. When a female student named Joyce goes missing, Evan's previous off-campus dalliances make his wife question his alibi. Gruff police Detective Malloy has even more reason to be suspicious when crucial evidence makes Evan the prime suspect in Joyce's disappearance. Suddenly, the questions Evan faces aren't merely academic - t... (Full plot summary below)
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Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished college, where his charm and reputation have made his philosophy class very popular. When a female student named Joyce goes missing, Evan's previous off-campus dalliances make his wife question his alibi. Gruff police Detective Malloy has even more reason to be suspicious when crucial evidence makes Evan the prime suspect in Joyce's disappearance. Suddenly, the questions Evan faces aren't merely academic - they're a matter of life or death.
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| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinDirector-editor Simon Kaijser takes an often choppy approach to the narrative, the catch-a-mouse symbolism is a bit heavy-handed and the ending could use more oomph. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Jacob KnightIt moves along at a steady clip, and Brosnan, Pearce, and Driver are actively engaged with the heady approach to telling an otherwise recognizable murder mystery. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedDevoid of suspense and purpose, Spinning Man doesn't spin. It doesn't even move. Another case of the right actors in the wrong picture. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanSpinning Man, like a film noir turned into a video game, winds up crafting a rickety atmosphere of deception out of the question of guilt or innocence. The result keeps you guessing, but it forgets to keep you caring. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenThe film is ultimately tethered to the strictures of a procedural thriller, as it's rife with functional dialogue and plotting as well as forgettable aesthetics, which cumulatively reduce the existential calisthenics to filler. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreSpinning Man keeps on spinning and keeps us interested, until that third act, when all this has to be resolved and the script tumbles all over itself ending, not ending and adding an epilogue that undoes the clumsy wrap-up concocted here. And here we are, a couple of hundred words later, and “forgettable” is still the label that best fits. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOnly the talents of its estimable cast, also including Pierce Brosnan and Minnie Driver, manage to make it worth checking out. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonIt stumbles in the third act by indulging in too many incoherent twists and false endings, becoming detached from reality in the process. |
| The New York TimesJennifer SzalaiA few moody flashbacks and daydreams are presumably intended to add to the noirish sense of uncertainty and unease, but instead of intensifying the mystery, they dissipate it. |
| User ReviewBonniePaul RWe loved this story of suspense and intrigue and the question of whether or not the main character was guilty kept us on the edge of our seats. The plot keeps you guessing all the way to the end, leaving lots of food for thought afterwards! The acting is first-rate and the cinematography appropriately moody. Big thumbs up! |