Rotten
This gravely serious drama is as insular as a tomb with Muzak.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Stolen
Secrets from the past don't stay buried.
2009 · 1h 37m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Anders Anderson
Overview
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Director and cast
- Anders Anderson Director
- Jon Hamm as Tom Adkins Sr.
- Josh Lucas as Matthew Wakefield
- Rhona Mitra as Barbara
- James Van Der Beek as Diploma / Roggiani
- Jessica Chastain as Sally Ann
- Joanna Cassidy as Lea Adkins
- Jimmy Bennett as John
- Morena Baccarin as Rose Montgomery
- Michael Cudlitz as Jonas
- Beth Grant as Older Edvena
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
A leaden murder mystery with a clunky structure that swings back and forth between 1958 and 2008, Stolen wastes the talents of a reasonably good cast.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Not a masterpiece, perhaps, but technically polished, with inspired performances and enough suspense that by the time Mr. Hamm found the redemption that freed him from his own demons, I was so wired I needed a Valium.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
No one is able to make much of the disposable script, but Hamm is so limited by the period trappings that it seems as if he simply wandered onto the wrong set.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Rotten
Plays like a middling episode of Law & Order: SVU, drawn out an extra half-hour and embellished with pretentious literary and cinematic flourishes.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
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