It hits these melodramatic beats that seem at odds with Catherine Hardwicke's naturalistic style.

| Jul 21, 2023

If there’s one reason to see Prisoner’s Daughter, it’s Kate Beckinsale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 6, 2023

Catherine Hardwicke’s sharply drawn, slow-simmer domestic drama Prisoner’s Daughter has the cool vibe of an indie film from a generation ago, from the lived-in look of the Vegas sets to the authentic performances of the terrific cast.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 5, 2023

Here’s a terrible 온라인카지노추천-movie-style piece of work with some awful acting and a deeply questionable, crass finale; it’s all the more wince-inducing given the lineup of alpha talent behind it.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 4, 2023

Catherine Hardwicke... navigates the father-daughter drama with restraint, ferreting out warmth alongside resentment. Cox’s stripped-down performance is affecting as he unpeels the humanity in a man who’s relied on his fists for way too long.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 30, 2023

A Prisoner's Daughter gets a necessary emotional lift from its strong lead performances, the blandly by-the-numbers redemptive family drama falls short of representing a return to early form for the Thirteen director.

| Jun 30, 2023

Surprisingly, the overstuffed yet bland screenplay by Mark Bacci offers no wit or nuance to relieve the tedium, but stocks the melodrama with cliches from other movies and easy solutions to the dilemma.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 30, 2023

And yet before that absurd climax, Cox and Beckinsale prove a knockout pairing, credible and sweetly empathetic as family protagonists yearning for closure yet bedevilled by the past.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 30, 2023

Of course, we’ve seen this tale many times before, and far better executed. Despite committed performances from its cast (particularly Cox, arguably miscast for all his best efforts), the writing resists exploring what makes this story worth telling.

| Jun 29, 2023

A predictable family drama that has heart thanks to grounding performances by Cox, Ernie Hudson, and breakout child star Christopher Convery. The rest, however, leaves a lot to be desired.

| Original Score: C | Jun 29, 2023

There’s some perfunctory bonding among the generations, despite Maxine’s resistance, but as directed by Catherine Hardwicke, everything here is flat and predictable in a way that even Cox can’t elevate.

| Jun 28, 2023

These actors are more than capable, and all are doing their best, but Prisoner’s Daughter too often feels assembled from the spare parts of other movies, and their characters likewise feel second-hand.

| Jun 27, 2023

Though the film doesn’t offer satisfying emotional catharsis, it makes up for it with its thematic exploration of forgiveness, redemption and mortality.

| Sep 23, 2022

“Prisoner’s Daughter,” disappointingly undermines its own themes and characters at every turn.

| Sep 16, 2022

Sees Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke struggling to recapture the verve and energy of earlier work, specifically her debut Thirteen. But Prisoner’s Daughter is solid, watchable stuff...

| Sep 15, 2022