
Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a w... (Full plot summary below)
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Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.
Leave your thoughts about The Next Three Days.
| The National (UAE)Kaleem AftabBanks is criminally underused as Haggis concentrates on following John through a series of increasingly preposterous situations. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA well-acted but conventional jailbreak story. |
| PopMattersMichael AbernethyJohn's not Keyser Söze, but John does have a self-certainty and aptitude for rationalization and moral relativism that make him just a little creepy. |
| Reel Talk OnlineCandice FrederickIt would have been far more compelling with a stronger actress but, truth be told, the ending started off anti-climactic then concluded very predictable. |
| E! OnlineLuke Y. ThompsonThere could have been ample room for satire here, but writer-director Paul Haggis wouldn't know a cinematic sense of humor if it rammed his car on the freeway. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...succeeds as both an introspective drama and a high-octane thriller. |
| I.E. WeeklyAmy NicholsonHaggis knows that the question isn't only can he do it, but should he? |
| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Corey HallCrisply acted, smartly directed and patently absurd, The Next Three Days is a high-tension thriller wound so tight it seems ready to snap like a stressed guitar string at any minute. |
| IGN MoviesJim VejvodaHaggis manages to ... deliver a moving, exciting film that also just so happens to be a veritable how-to guide for breaking out of prison. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyWriter/director Paul "In the Valley of Elah" Haggis's prison break drama is so full of plot holes that it defies all suspension of disbelief. |