Viper Club

Name: Viper Club
Genre: Drama
Released: October 26, 2018
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Adepero Oduye, Amir Malaklou, Colby Minifie, Damian Young, Edie Falco

2018

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date: October 26, 2018 | R

Starring: Adepero Oduye, Amir Malaklou, Colby Minifie, Damian Young, Edie Falco, Joel Kim Booster, Julian Morris, Kristin Villanueva, Lola Kirke, Matt Bomer, Sheila Vand, Sierra Boggess, Susan Sarandon

Summary: ER nurse Helen Sterling (Susan Sarandon) struggles to free her grown son, a journalist captured by terrorists in the Middle East. After hitting walls with the FBI and State agencies, she discovers a clandestine community of journalists, advocates, and philanthropists who might be able to help.

Director: Maryam Keshavarz

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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Soren Andersen

Oct 31, 2018

There is grace in Sarandon’s performance. And heartbreaking power. Read full review

Doris Toumarkine

Oct 30, 2018

Above all, this is Sarandon’s picture and maybe her best film work in many years. Read full review

Rex Reed

Oct 28, 2018

The film eschews a Hollywood happy ending in favor of bone-chilling reality, which makes Viper Club doubly relevant amid current headlines. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Oct 25, 2018

This is a slow-burning movie, but its stealth and intelligence eventually packs an emotional punch. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Oct 25, 2018

Viper Club is an attempt at a very difficult balancing act. It doesn’t quite succeed, but it deploys enough persuasive elements to make the attempt involving. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Oct 25, 2018

Viper Club falters with mawkish flashbacks of the mother and son, and with its ham-fisted, repeated emphasis on the smarm of government officials. But it is mostly gripping. Read full review

Alan Zilberman

Oct 31, 2018

Good intentions only go so far, especially when they mask tawdry melodrama. Even the best movies push emotional buttons, but they work because viewers become wrapped up in the story. This one is so manipulative you can hear the gears grinding — until they lock up. Read full review

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LoveTV345

Oct 27, 2018

In light of what's happening in the world, this is a very relevant movie. Additionally, it has great performances and wonderful direction.

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Brent_Marchant

Nov 7, 2018

A gut-wrenching, heart-tugging drama ripped from the pages of contemporary headlines that tells a story that needs to be told, an objective that parallels the very mission of the characters on screen and that candidly reveals the pitfalls involved in accomplishing said goal. Susan SarandonA gut-wrenching, heart-tugging drama ripped from the pages of contemporary headlines that tells a story that needs to be told, an objective that parallels the very mission of the characters on screen and that candidly reveals the pitfalls involved in accomplishing said goal. Susan Sarandon turns in one of the best performances of her career in this film about a mother desperately seeking the release of her kidnapped journalist son covering the conflict in Syria and the bureaucratic red tape she must contend with in trying to do so. But, even more than that, the film explores her impassioned quest to discover why her son pursued this life in the first place, one whose answers, ironically enough, are hiding in plain sight, clues to which become apparent when she looks to herself. While the film is a bit slow in spots and deviates from the main narrative perhaps more than it should, this thoughtfully written release nevertheless offers more than just the basics of what one might expect from it. Unfortunately, this offering is likely to end up on the trash heap of overlooked gems, thanks in large part to too many critics taking too narrow a view of what the film has to say. Ignore the naysayers and see it.… Expand

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