Alicia I love this movie so much

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

charles000 review_takeYes, it is a well crafted production, powerfully presented in the context of the message it hopes to deliver.But this is where I part ways with the obvious intention of the film, which I can't really articulate here without providing a spoiler to its conclusion.My point here is that the actions of Saul, remarkably well portrayed by Jeremy Remmer, is framed in the context of a sympathetic character, fraught with a difficult array of bad choices made under duress, resulting in a horrific criminal outcome.But that's not how such things usually come about in real life. In real life, the perpetrators of horrific crimes are very often myopically self absorbed, violent sociopaths and psychopaths, completely without remorse or even the remotest capacity for anything resembling a conscience.This is where the film fails completely.Ana Nichols delivers her version of Minnie about as perfectly as any actress could to portray the circumstances represented in the story.It's not the acting, or quality of production and directing, all of which were very well done, that I have trouble with.It's the heavily slanted purported message the film is trying to drive, which is so remarkably out of sync with the actual reality it tries to portray, that makes me back away from offering a higher rating than what I offer here.Sorry . . . 6 stars is about as far as I can go with this one.

davidnibley Watching this film truly is an experience. It works on so many levels. It is heavy (appropriately) but it's accordingly powerful and meaningful. And even though the ending is what we feared it must be all along, the weight of the subject matter is somehow lightened as the credits roll, and we find reason to hope and believe that good can be found in even the most terrible situations. This film was clearly crafted with fierce attention to detail, and the combination of direction, cinematography, performance, and sound is wonderful to take in. For me, it is truly amazing that this film was helmed by a first-time director. There's confidence and clarity in the way the audience is carefully guided through the various environments of the film, and it's obvious (though not overbearing) that, again, no detail – visual or aural – was overlooked. The principle players particularly bring real weight and believability to their characters, and for me they conveyed a sense of familiarity, a feeling of real life that rang true, even though I thankfully haven't had to experience the majority of what these people go through. The film leaves you with many things to think about – valuable things – and reason to empathize somewhat with someone that maybe you wouldn't have given much thought to a little less than two hours before.

crm199 While working at the Tribeca Film Festival, I had the opportunity to see a screening of "Take" and the film was easily one of my favorite movies at the Festival. The story really showed us the depths someone could go to in order to forgive another person. Director Charles Oliver was able to humanize a child abductor, and that's no easy task. And of course, Minnie Driver was phenomenal...the closing scene between her and Jeremy Renner in the prison is both amazing and chilling at the same time. We were truly able to see both forgiveness and deep regret in these two respective characters. I would certainly recommend seeing this movie.

wizardsall I loved this film. I thought it was brilliantly crafted with a real artist's eye. Everything in the film connected well. And I appreciated the realness of the film. The director created very real, raw characters and settings too often atypical of Hollywood. After watching the film I found myself thinking about it from many different aspects; it has multiple layers to ponder. I also thought the music was perfect, adding poignantly to the emotional impact of the story. The acting was excellently nuanced as well. All the main characters bring you into their presence to empathize with them, and you both feel and see on them frustration, loss, haunting on their faces. (I especially liked the little boy's look to his mother in the the back of the car at the end of the storyline.) Everyone should see this film. It leaves you a better person for having pondered the issues, for having walked in someone else's shoes for the little while.