Synopsis
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
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Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalJoe Baylor
- Ethan HawkeSgt. Bill Miller (voice)
- Riley KeoughEmily Lighton (voice)
- Peter SarsgaardHenry Fisher (voice)
- Christina VidalSgt. Denise Wade
- Paul DanoMatthew Fontenot (voice)
- Eli GoreeRick (voice)
- Da'Vine Joy RandolphCHP Dispatcher (voice)
- David CastañedaTim Gerachi
- Adrian MartinezManny
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The Playlist
What makes The Guilty good is the way it tacitly communicates so much about the character without ever having to speak his issues out loud. - 80
Uproxx
This is Jake Gyllenhaal’s show. - 79
TheWrap
Fuqua, like Möller before him, doesn’t really give you time to sit back and think about it. The Guilty stays in one place but moves like a tough, efficient action flick; it’s a thrill ride in an office chair. - 75
IndieWire
If you’ve seen Moller’s The Guilty, well, you’ve basically seen Fuqua’s, but Gyllenhaal’s performance adds a go-for-broke turn that capitalizes on the actor’s deep emotional reserves. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Jake Gyllenhaal delivers as one would expect, proving again that he’s one of the most consistent actors alive. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Fuqua is reliable in his continued ability to craft tense and measured films for broad audiences looking for complicated tales of morality. - 60
The Guardian
Perhaps to overcompensate for the lack of conventionally opened-out dramatic action, there is some big closeup acting from Gyllenhaal, but it’s a well-made and watchable picture of a man in the secular confessional box, a sinner forced to occupy the place of a priest. - 60
Variety
Gyllenhaal’s impressive, but The Guilty almost certainly would have been more effective if he’d dialed down the intensity a bit.
