Sorry, this movie sucks

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

As I was watching 'Take' I kept asking myself why this movie had been made. Very early on we know that a man is going to be executed and a child will be killed. I kept waiting for the child to already be dead to get it over with. Why show the abduction in such graphic detail? Why show the mother repeatedly wailing? We all know that having your child murdered is maybe the most horrible thing that can happen. The film was NOT made to advocate the meeting of victims/ perpetrators like it says at the very end. The set up for that is nonexistent. The director/ writer tries to be artsy with all the confusing flashbacks and set ups that don't lead anywhere (you see the mother waiting for her boy to come out of the rest room at a rest stop and he never does. It's totally unclear that he's a ghost at this point. The woman's husband whom she has a good relationship with just disappears. To me it was a film made for effect and gratuitous in terms of subject and violence. The actors were very good. I always enjoy Minnie Driver's work.

I notice all the people giving this high marks saw it at a film festival -- with the actors and writer/director in attendance. I think this has tilted their objectivity -- made them more enamored of it.I found this movie just dark, grimy, grungy and relentlessly sad and slow-moving. There is some deep booming sound on the soundtrack that occurs just before something bad happens (and a lot of bad things happen) -- it made me want to jump out of my skin.I'm sure the cinematography is great -- but it's mostly of junky-looking places.The actors are all very good. The story was OK -- but I think I've seen the topic addressed on Lifetime made-for-TV movies.If you like really slow-moving stories about hopeless people leading hopeless lives -- then this is the film for you.It's not my cup of tea. I had to come home and put on a DVD of a good comedy movie so I wouldn't have nightmares.

I loved this movie. Not that it's an easy film to watch - some parts were a little painful to experience. But I couldn't stop thinking about it for the next few days. Very few movies do this for me (Million Dollar Baby comes to mind). The idea that opposing sides of an extreme situation could both be so believable and relatable, that's the genius of this film in my opinion. I think if I had rated it right after I saw it, I probably would have given it 9 stars. But that wouldn't be right, because it doesn't take into consideration the impact it had on me. I hope it gets picked up because I want to take my two teenagers. It's one of those few thoughtful films that everyone should see.

I thought this movie was well worth the time to watch. I flew to Tribeca just to watch this movie. It was the best movie of the Tribeca Film Festival. I enjoyed how the story-lines crossed. The writing in the film was absolutely amazing. It truly is a great movie and I thought it was worth my time to watch. The actors seemed to really click and I thought the little boy was great. I would tell everyone to go see this movie when it releases. Jeremy Renner was great to watch in this role as a man struggling with his inner person. I felt as I watched this movie that this is going to be nominated for an Oscar. Great movie everyone.