The Pledge
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- Synopsis
- Jack Nicholson plays a retiring police chief in a small town who promises a mother he will catch whoever killed her young daughter. Based on the novel of the same title by Swiss author Friedrich Durrenmatt....
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- Director(s)
- Sean Penn
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros.
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 124 min.
Critic Reviews
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Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites
In its dark, relentless, devastatingly ironic way, The Pledge is an exhilarating movie, partly because it isn't afraid to be genuinely challenging.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Penn and Nicholson take risks with the material and elevate the movie to another, unanticipated, haunting level.Read the full review
Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites
In crafting a fierce, fragmented, downbeat film about a character who makes the wrong decision as a man by being right as a cop, Penn flies in the face of what sells in Hollywood. Godspeed.Read the full review
