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One of my all time favorites.

hyped garbage

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Seriously. This whole movie did not make any sense to me at all. If he was convicted and sentenced to prison for seven years, then they would have immediately taken him into custody so he would NEVER have the chance to potentially run away (as his dad even suggests to him late in the movie). I do not get this AT ALL!

Seems strange to get a review a decade or so later but I only watched this Spike Lee classic recently and was totally blown away with every aspect of this movie. How Edward Norton did not get an Oscar nomination defies explanation but also serves to prove what a farce the Academy Awards are. This is movie making at it's best as one lives every raw emotion that Norton extracts. The entire cast give a stellar performance and none more than Barry Pepper and Rosario Dawson. The haunting musical score and New York 'sidewalk atmosphere' uplifts the movie. As for the oft underrated Norton, he lived his character to the max with such conviction one actually felt a little sorry for a bad guy on his way to the pen. Great to also see Spike Lee stepping out of his comfort zone and turn a fabulous novel into one of the all time cinematic masterpieces. A resounding 10/10 !

Long, slow, verbose, deadly boring movie with no action, no twists whatsoever. The scenario relies on nothing really interesting, there is no plot, you just follow the last, highly unproductive 24 hours of freedom of this criminal, from meeting to meeting, interspersed with flashbacks more uninteresting one from another. The direction is not inspired at all and even plain bad if you consider the numerous, intentional it seems, continuity errors throughout the movie. Choose a random director and the 25th Hour would be a complete flop, but Spike Lee, apparently still a critics and audience favorite, gets away with it.

25th Hour is the story of a convicted drug dealer in his last day before he serves 7 years in jail. During this time, he reflects on what caused him to get "pinched", and how he is throwing his life away. And most importantly, about his life that was so close to happening.A very interesting concept overall. Movies either focus on what gets people into jail, what they do when they get there and how they survive, but I've rarely seen films that focus on the moments before going to prison. The family and friends that are left behind. The regrets, the confusion. It's certainly an original concept that was well executed. Beautiful character development and cinematography (especially near the end during the long driving scene). The story is told mainly in chronological order, however there are some flashbacks cut in here and there - however it's not too difficult to tell that they are in fact flashbacks.My only quip with this film that would have bumped it up to a 9 rating otherwise was some of the unnecessary deviations away from Monty (the main character)'s story. Example; the side-plot that explores Jacob Lewinsky (Monty's best friend and lonely prep school teacher)'s lust for his 17 year old student. Completely unnecessary and didn't enrich the movie in any way. Those scenes with Jacob in the club with the girl were awkward and just stuck out from the rest of the movie, which was otherwise beautifully done. I didn't see the point of it, and was a little confused as to why it was there in the first place.Overall - interesting, original concept. Definitely powerful and provocative, but could go an extra mile or two without subplot deviations.