not horrible nor great

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live. 88 Minutes is the 2nd most hated Al Pacino the first one is Jack & Jill and honestly i didn't found the film so bad Al Pacino gave a fantastic performance and Alicia Witt as Kim was an interesting character. Everyone else? They were a mixed bag with the worst being Ben McKenzie but the film has great suspense and some great action sequences and Jack Gramm's backstory with his sister and him finding redemption at the end was something that really won me over it's not by any means one of Al Pacino's best movies but definitely not one of his worst.

A poor movie that even Al Pacino couldn't save it. In fact he might even be part of the problem.Al Pacino plays Jack Gramm, a college professor who also works with the FBI as a forensic psychiatrist. The titular 88 minutes is the time he had left to live after receiving a mysterious phone call telling him so. The mystery lies on finding the caller, someone probably from his shaken past before the deadline expires.The cast has at least 4 sexy ladies in it. Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Amy Brenneman and Deborah Kara Unger but are misused giving room to the shouty unsympathetic persona of Al Pacino's character.The script is full of dreadful turns and awful dialogue. The direction and cinematography are bad and somehow pretentious.Overall: There are more thrilling ways to spend the 108 minutes that this movie lasts, like watching your plants grow or something.

Like Nick Of Time, 88 minutes runs in real running film time, kind of. Al Pacino, a criminal psychologist/specialist, responsible for delivering grand justice which sees a psychopath, Mcdonough, about to fry, for committing the brutal murder of a young Asian girl. The sister was very grateful towards Pacino, who I must admit, has done better acting then what's on offer here. This could also be the day, which sees Pacino buy the farm, where he's received an anonymous phone call, from someone telling him. he has 88 minutes to live where may'be he can vouch to see one last Seagal movie. What's interesting here, is that this phone threat and he receives other ones in that duration, is also connected with Mcdonough, who could very hold the key to putting a stop on the trigger where he's stalled execution could buy Pacino some time. 88 Minutes I must say is tastefully entertaining and involving, and has a tight back story but it's never really suspenseful. It really fails here, but in the thriller aspect it's quite good. The manipulator of ill will towards Pacino, I never made out, and will come as a surprise. A B grade suited flick, 88 Minutes is, while being very entertaining, the film terribly comes across as just that, B grade, a step by step film if you will, that's terribly average, where most of Pacino's other films are better than this, that really show this one up. The end was very climactic, though, and there are a couple of tense plotted situations. Pacino, and it's original premise, does give cause to watch it, though Al won't really earn any acting honors with you here.

88 minutes a thriller and psychological crime film.. After 20 minutes into the film you will assume everyone is a suspect behind all the murders. Its a good role for Al Pacino making him a psychiatrist of forensic technology. The movie moves in a really fast pace and find it more thrilling in the end. Its a typical Jon Avnet's film.Movie starts with Jack (Al Pacino's character) receives a call saying he has a hour and a more to live. So Jack goes in search of all clues of the murders committed. while searching he suspects everyone around him and he makes us believe that they might also be involved.Finally at the end Jack solves the case and keeps up his name. I gave a 7 only because of Al Pacino's acting and a little for the story...