25th Hour Movie Review
Synopsis: In 24 short hours Monty Brogan goes to prison for seven long years. Once a king of Manhattan, Monty is about to say goodbye to the life he knew – a life that opened doors to New York’s swankiest clubs but also alienated him form the people closest to him. In his last day on the outside, Monty tries to reconnect with his father, and gets together with two old friends, Jacob and Slaughtery. And then there’s his girlfriend, Naturelle, who might have been the one who tipped off the cops. Money;s not sure of much these days, but with time running out, there are choices to be made as he struggles to redeem himself in the 25th hour.
Rating: R For Strong Language and Some Violence.
Run Time: 135 Minutes
Director: Spike Lee
Dvd Extra’s: Deleted scenes, commentary, featurette, ground zero a tribute,
Nudity Factor: None.
Of Note: Tobey Maguire bought the rights to the original novel with the intent of starring. He later decided to do Spider-Man (2002), although he did stay on this film as a producer.
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Review by: Jason Schulte
Rating: 
The story follows Monty. Monty is on his last day as a free man. He was caught with drugs and drug money in his appartment. When he gets sentenced for seven years he wants to have one more night with friends, family and his girlfriend. The story itself does get long. You spend long moments watching a guy walk. I also was slightly confused with some of the flash backs. The transition to the flash backs is unclear. This could be intentional. the one thing this film does have is some pretty good dialog. Though at times it seems like dialog for dialog sake. Other times the dialog does not seem natural. A couple scenes really don’t seem to fit with the story but happen anyways. I was also a little uncertain on why they needed to have one of the closing segments. Still I did enjoy moments of the film, actually whole sections of the movie. The movie is just over 2 hours and a good hour of the film in the middle goes really quick. The setup and the close though do drag a big.
Overall this is one of those films that I am glad that I watched it but it wouldn’t be something I would watch again. For the most part the actors and actresses do a great job. The film does have a few things that make it a struggle. Some of the scenes do drag on and have a weird camera perspective. For the most part it is a good film just gets long in places. This is not a high action film but a film with dialog and a mans reaction to going to jail the next day. In that sense it does do a pretty good job giving a perspective on that.