Storyline
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Directors
Cast
Eli Snyder, Patrick Sabongui, Gary A. Hecker, Jena Malone, John R. Taylor, Michael Adamthwaite, Carla Gugino, Richard Cetrone, Cainan Wiebe, Brad Kelly, Gerard Plunkett, Jon Hamm, Monique Ganderton, Scott Glenn, Christine Willes, Emily Browning, Jamie Chung, Oscar Isaac, Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish, Alan C. Peterson, Malcolm Scott, Phillip Mitchell, Daniela Dib, Louise Hradsky, Peter Bryant, Danny Bristol, Ian Tracey, Ron Selmour, Sean Campbell, Jeff Dimitriou, Lee Tomaschefski, Revard Dufresne, Kelora Clingwall, Frederique De Raucourt, Danielle Benton, Paula Giroday, Chris Nowland, Gina Garenkooper
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Reviews
80
A wonderfully wild provocation - an imperfect, overlong, intemperate and utterly absorbing romp through the id that I wouldn't have missed for the world.
50
Browning has wildly expressive eyes and body language, but she turns wooden when delivering Snyder and Steve Shibuya's alternately purple and stilted banter. Like the film, she seems to regard plot and dialogue as necessary evils.
40
Certain to create a gaping divide between generational and aesthetic camps, Sucker Punch is a largely grim and unpleasant display of technical wizardry wrapped around a story that purports to be inspirational.
40
Variety
Like Quentin Tarantino, Snyder is unapologetic about his influences -- the trashier the better -- though he's far less skilled in the art of pastiche.
40
Village Voice
His (Snyder) mash-up set pieces ("Call of Duty" meets "Castlevania," etc.) blend into so-awesome-they're-awful slo-mo monotony, and the awful sisterhood stuff in between makes you anticipate the action as though waiting for the bus.
