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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyKnowing the outcome behind the true-life tragedy 24 Days doesn't diffuse the horror, the tension or the sadness of watching one family's drama unfold day after agonizing day when a son is kidnapped and hope dies.
- 75RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe movie, starring Zabou Breitman, Jacque Gamblin, Pascal Elbé, Sylvie Testud, and Tony Harrisson, has a more upsetting dimension than most suspense dramas as it’s based on a true story, a story that touches on issues still roiling France today.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe film is not always subtle in its portrayal of a family ripped apart by tragedy, but remains captivating as a pure procedural that raises questions about the Paris police's handling of such situations, as well as about the state of race relations in contemporary France.
- 24 Days is neither subtle nor particularly sophisticated as filmmaking, but its refusal to reduce lived reality to generic tropes is admirable.
- 63Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughAs a suspenseful true crime story, 24 Days succeeds. As a warning against the ever present dangers of anti-Semitism, it is eloquent and disturbing. It’s in combining the two that Arcady mishandles the case.
- 50The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloDespite strenuous efforts, 24 Days fails to make the case that Halimi would be alive now had the anti-Semitism of his abductors been properly recognized. And since that’s the film’s sole reason for existence, there’s not much else to say.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe performances are engrossing — especially Harrisson as the short-tempered African Muslim. But veteran director Alexandre Arcady (“Last Summer in Tangiers,” “Hold Up”) seems more concerned with the message and moral lesson here than with suspense.
- 50Village VoiceAbby GarnettVillage VoiceAbby GarnettThis retelling is more concerned with black-and-white morality, which drains it of suspense.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMr. Arcady’s reliance on heavy-handed melodrama, on screaming women and on worried-looking men, winds everything so tightly that the anguish plateaus and the characters begin to seem like chess pieces in an argument.