Fresh
Who knows better about prison life than someone who has experienced it firsthand?
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Overview
Imprisoned for violent assault, Rune is placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"R" is not about justice or redemption. You couldn't even call it a protest film about prison conditions, but it is very well made and persuasively acted.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
Directors-screenwriters Lindholm and Noer are careful not to let the audience know more than their protagonist does, keeping them in the nerve-wrecking state of uncertainty and fear.
Karsten Kastelan, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
The film's brilliance starts to surpass its brutality.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Rotten
Lindholm and Noer attempt to make up in raw emotion what their film lacks in context, an approach good for a surprising amount of mileage, until the project finally chokes on its own inevitable nihilism.
Andrew Schenker, Village Voice
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