Out of Time

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Out of Time

PG-13

2003

1h 45m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Matt Lee Whitlock (Denzel Washington) is the police chief of a small Florida town, going through a divorce with his detective wife, Alex (Eva Mendes). He begins a passionate affair with Ann (Sanaa Lathan), only to find out that she's stricken with terminal cancer. Matt steals a large sum of money confiscated from a drug bust in order to pay for Ann's treatment -- but when she apparently dies in a suspicious fire, the money disappears, and all the clues point to Matt as the culprit.

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Critics Consensus

A fun and stylish thriller if you can get past the contrivances.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/26/2010

4/5

Best for older teens and their parents.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

05/04/2005

C

Second-rate Hitchcock.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

10/07/2003

2.5/5

We've seen Washington as this character before, in Fallen, The Bone Collector, The Siege -- not the same character, but similar.

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

10/03/2023

10/10

Out of Time comes on like a cool glass of lemonade on a hot summer day, featuring Denzel at the peak of his powers and an impeccably laidback aesthetic somewhere between the palpable sweat of Body Heat and the orange-hued romanticism of Tony Scott.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/24/2022

3.5/5

It works best as a sugar-rush thriller, light and undeniably absurd. But to be honest, that’s a big part of what makes it so much fun.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

06/19/2020

3.5/5

The task of keeping this from getting too smart for its own good falls squarely on the dependable shoulders of Washington.

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shane o

@Shanes_DVD_Shack Jan 28

Full of twists and turns , well acted over all a good thriller

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Mike F

@RT20713135 Jan 3

Not The Sting but the cast is good and a twist and turn or two. Definitely worth watching.

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Frans B

@FransB Sep 20

Great story and well written. Good cinematography and whole cast excels in character. Lots of action, suspense, thrills and twists.

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Aaron C

@RT40849073 Sep 20

Loved this film, great story and we all know Denzel.is a great actor

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Mac I

@RT41233314 Sep 1

Great movie, great actors, great plot!

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Calvin T

@Calvin504 Aug 27

That was great 👍🏾

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Carl Franklin

Director

Denzel Washington

Marty Walsh

Eva Mendes

Detective Alexandra Cole

Sanaa Lathan

Ann Harrison

Dean Cain

Chris Harrison

John Billingsley

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Out of Time: Official Clip - Ann's Flowers

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Synopsis

Matt Lee Whitlock (Denzel Washington) is the police chief of a small Florida town, going through a divorce with his detective wife, Alex (Eva Mendes). He begins a passionate affair with Ann (Sanaa Lathan), only to find out that she's stricken with terminal cancer. Matt steals a large sum of money confiscated from a drug bust in order to pay for Ann's treatment -- but when she apparently dies in a suspicious fire, the money disappears, and all the clues point to Matt as the culprit.

Director: Carl Franklin
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Jesse Beaton
Screenwriter: David Collard
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Original Film, Monarch Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.9M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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