6.7
Absolute Power
1997
“Secrets run deep.”
Stillwater (2021)
July 29, 20212h 19mEN
6.6
1.4K votes
Overview
Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a complicated legal system, Bill builds a new life for himself in France as he makes it his personal mission to exonerate his daughter.
Director
Tom McCarthyWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20.0M
Revenue
$19.8M
Production Companies
ParticipantDreamWorks PicturesSlow PonyAnonymous Content3dot ProductionsSupernatural Pictures
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fourfridays
5.0Refreshingly different.
itsogs
7.0Definitely Worth my time. A sad story, but one that will make you think.⭐⭐⭐
Peter McGinn
9.0I have always liked Matt Damon’s work, but I watched this partly die to the presence of Camille Cottin, who was excellent in the French Netflix series Call My Agent! The main characters are complex, with Damon playing a redneck Oklahoma man and his daughter. Allison, played by Abigail Breslin. They all do fine work and there is a strong ensemble cast behind them. They do a good job mixing the captioned French dialogue with the English speakers. The plot eventually relies upon a rather large coincidence, but the dialogue and script are crisp, so it all works. Don’t expect a sappy ending h…
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