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Panic
Directed by
Henry Bromell
R
2000
88m
Drama
,
Comedy
,
and more
6.6
91%
62%
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Alex, a hit man, tries to get out of the family business, but his father won't let him do so. While seeking the help of a therapist, he meets a sexually charged 23-year-old woman with whom he falls in love.
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Cast of Panic
William H. Macy
Alex
Neve Campbell
Sarah
Tracey Ullman
Martha
John Ritter
Josh
Barbara Bain
Deidre
Miguel Sandoval
Detective Larson
Donald Sutherland
Michael
Tina Lifford
Dr. Leavitt
Nicholle Tom
Tracy
Steven Moreno
Sean
David Dorfman
Sammy
Bix Barnaba
Louie
Thomas Curtis
Alex at Seven
Andrea Baker
Candice
Erica Ortega
Rachel
Greg Pitts
Alex at Twenty
Stewart J. Zully
Eddie
Panic Ratings & Reviews
Desmond Dale
January 24, 2025
The core relationship is reminiscent of the two unrequited partners in Lost in Translation. There's a big age gap and completely different domestic home lives and careers and upbringings and yet their connection is undeniable. Sarah and Alex are both dealing with a mental and existential crisis. They're both lost hopeless romantics looking for a new leash on life but continually find themselves trying to sort out the constant shit that life can deal without reason or justice. We're given glimpses of their burning desire for each other but it's always broken up by the harsh realities of life. And thus, the audience is made to feel the fleeting temporal nature of love.
Variety
Lisa Nesselson
A gently subversive outing full of nicely limned characters.
Film Blather
Eugene Novikov
An unjustly abandoned film, one that should be seen immediately on the outside chance that it makes a stop in your town. It probably won't stay there long.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...the film never really takes off.
Netflix
James Rocchi
William H. Macy shines in unsettling, unusual thriller.
San Diego Metropolitan
Jean Lowerison
Quirky, funny, dark, it hits your funny bone, offends your sense of ethics, occasionally even touches your heartstrings.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Bromell ... is adept at piercing the heart of dysfunctional family ties.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Steve Murray
It's less the plot than the texture that makes the film such an engaging surprise.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
The results are quietly electrifying.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Stylish and assured, but it's finally too studied to get the kind of emotional heft it's looking for from its effects.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Radiates quiet and calm, while simmering with tension both comic and tragic.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
A defiantly offbeat and accomplished piece with a dream ensemble acting out one man's nightmare.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A black-comedy gem.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
A terrific little time bomb of a film.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Superlative.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Panic offers a more naturalistic analysis of male midlife crisis than the grotesquely overpraised American Beauty.
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Mr. Bromell's shrewdness in constructing narrative is a bit more advanced than his directing skills, but he has worked out Panic intelligently and supported his script with an able cast.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A first film made with joy and with a writer's gift for character and dialogue.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The movie equivalent of a great read at the beach.
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
There has never been an evocation of middle-aged disappointment like it.
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