Critic Reviews
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
The movie might have been more tense had it been a little more quiet. Neeson and Nesbitt, however, are so good that narrative hiccups never threaten to lose us...
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Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
So many movies set in Northern Ireland are about the Troubles that we might justifiably ask, why another? Five Minutes of Heaven is far from the best of the breed, but it does at least take a new tack.
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Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Ultimately, Five Minutes of Heaven is stronger as a whole than its individual parts.
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
It's an original movie idea that feels written for the stage, all the more so since so much of our attention is diverted to admiring how the actors act, in roles with a high degree of technical difficulty.
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Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Early scenes set up the tragedy, but the majority of Oliver Hirschbiegel's movie is set in a TV studio where the two eventually face each other, and the tension, unfortunately, quickly becomes stagey.
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Cast
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Liam Neesonas Alistair -
James Nesbittas Joe Griffin -
Anamaria Marincaas Vika
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