Stolen Lives 2009

Kevin B. Lee, Time Out: Anders Anderson's thriller struggles to intertwine the two mysteries and ends up doing justice to neither. Read more

Noel Murray, AV Club: The low-boil mystery-thriller Stolen was once known as The Boy In The Box and then Stolen Lives, but now has a title as nondescript as its contents. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: [A] graceless piece of tragedy porn... Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: A leaden murder mystery with a clunky structure that swings back and forth between 1958 and 2008, Stolen wastes the talents of a reasonably good cast. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: No one is able to make much of the disposable script, but Hamm is so limited by the period trappings that it seems as if he simply wandered onto the wrong set. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Though generally ham-fisted, Stolen may appeal to Hamm's more die-hard fans. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: Not a masterpiece, perhaps, but technically polished, with inspired performances and enough suspense that by the time Mr. Hamm found the redemption that freed him from his own demons, I was so wired I needed a Valium. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This gravely serious drama is as insular as a tomb with Muzak. Read more

Jordan Mintzer, Variety: A technically polished thriller marred by textbook filmmaking that grows increasingly dull as the plot wears on. Read more

Melissa Anderson, Village Voice: In the lead-up to the inevitable connection, Anderson builds suspense around innumerable close-ups of telephone touchpads, liquids being spilled, [and] Lucas straining to be a credible hayseed. Read more