Synopsis
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
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Cast
- Ryan ReynoldsPaul Conroy
- José Luis García PérezJabir (voice)
- Robert PatersonDan Brenner (voice)
- Stephen TobolowskyAlan Davenport (voice)
- Samantha MathisLinda Conroy (voice)
- Ivana MiñoPamela Lutti (voice)
- Warner LoughlinMaryanne Conroy / Donna Mitchell / Rebecca Browning (voice)
- Erik PalladinoSpecial Agent Harris (voice)
- Kali Rocha911 Operator (voice)
- Chris William MartinState Department Rep. (voice)
Recommendations
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Chicago Sun-Times
The use of 2:35 wide screen paradoxically increases the effect of claustrophobia. I would not like to be buried alive. - 88
Chicago Tribune
This exercise in racked nerves makes most of the year's thrillers look like flailing maniacs by comparison. - 80
Variety
In purely cinematic terms, Buried, set in late 2006, is an ingenious exercise in sustained tension that would make Alfred Hitchcock turn over in his grave. - 80
Time Out
The movie's real asset is Reynolds himself, utilizing his comedy chops for unexpected levity. - 75
Observer
The effect is genuinely creepy, but do not even think of seeing Buried if you suffer from claustrophobia. - 75
The A.V. Club
Buried is as much about dropped calls, getting sent to voicemail, and being openly lied to by our institutions as it about being buried alive by terrorists. - 70
Boxoffice Magazine
The best parts of Sparling's script play like an absurdist snuff film. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The political angle is gratuitous, even foolish, and certainly a distraction from the movie's visual strengths.
