Civic Duty
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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2006
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An American accountant bombarded with cable news and the media's obsession with terrorist plots in the post 9-11 world, receives a jolt when an unattached Islamic graduate student moves in next door.
Cast:
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Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
26 Apr 2006
Country:
CA, GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The vivid sense of time and place is the best thing about the initially promising, ultimately irritating psychological thriller Civic Duty.
– Matt Zoller Seitz,
New York Times,
4 May 2007
fresh:
The film's pace lags toward the end, but its grasp of manufactured fear's dreary pervasiveness never falters.
– Mark Holcomb,
Time Out New York,
5 May 2007
fresh:
It does build up considerable suspense and tension; Renfroe has learned well from Hitchcock.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
5 May 2007
rotten:
All that flash serves to prop up what's in essence a one-act play, constructed around a political message that's telegraphed from the start.
– Scott Tobias,
AV Club,
5 May 2007
fresh:
A flawed but worthwhile examination of paranoia and clashing cultures in the 21st century.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
21 May 2007