Caged

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Caged

2021

1h 17m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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12 Reviews

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An affluent African American psychiatrist (Edi Gathegi), convicted of murdering his wife (Angela Sarafyan), is sentenced to life in federal prison, then sent to solitary confinement. Struggling to file an appeal, he descends into madness, pushed to his breaking point by an abusive female guard (Hardin) hell-bent on her own form of justice and haunted by his dead wife, causing him to question his own innocence and sanity.

Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

01/26/2021

2.5/4

Caged is most effective when it's focused on Harlow's paranoiac certainty that nobody on the outside of his cell cares for, or even really sees what he's going through.

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Mathew DeKinder

Mat's Entertainment

08/21/2021

2.5/5

"Caged" is really only worth your time if you want to experience how much solitary confinement sucks. If that is a conclusion you've already come to in life, feel free to skip it.

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Benjamin Gummery

Indie Mac User

07/28/2021

4/5

his taught psychological thriller further examines the effects on the psyche of incarceration as well wider comment on the justice system in America.

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Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

07/23/2021

2.5/4

'Caged' is a candid look at how a flawed prison system robs an individual of his humanity while espousing its mission of rehabilitation.

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

07/23/2021

2.5/4

It's disorienting by design, and should lend feeling to a bigger conversation of true justice for people of color and the inhumanity of solitary confinement.

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Federico Furzan

Movie-Blogger.com

07/19/2021

3.5/5

An interesting take on a very real issue. Caged is a sufficient film about solitary confinement and its horrific effects.

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03/20/2021

Good movie, good plot

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02/01/2021

I was confused about what type of movie it was supposed to be. The plot is just a guy stuck in a cell and tortured by a bitter woman. Complete waste of time. It didn't even end with a conclusion.

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01/30/2021

A rather boring film that kept me on screen due to the fact that the film takes place in prison and also due to whether the imprisoned person actually killed his wife or not. But that's all there is to this film good. As for the film effects and the story itself, it's a big disaster. An interesting idea, but unfortunately poorly implemented, which is a great pity. Otherwise, it could be a good movie, but unfortunately it didn't happen and the film became more of a boring spectacle, which I wished for a while to end.

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01/27/2021

I'm excited to see this

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01/26/2021

I was extremely surprised on how much I enjoyed this movie. The story and directing was amazing. It had a great cast that I recognized almost every actor (including Jan from the Office!).

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Synopsis

An affluent African American psychiatrist (Edi Gathegi), convicted of murdering his wife (Angela Sarafyan), is sentenced to life in federal prison, then sent to solitary confinement. Struggling to file an appeal, he descends into madness, pushed to his breaking point by an abusive female guard (Hardin) hell-bent on her own form of justice and haunted by his dead wife, causing him to question his own innocence and sanity.

Director: Aaron Fjellman
Producer: Aaron Fjellman, Pete Kirtley, Matthew Temple, Jessa Zarubica
Screenwriter: Aaron Fjellman, James Doc Mason
Production Co: Shifty Eye Productions, Panic House Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2021
Runtime: 1h 17m