SummaryA thriller seen through an eye-popping new lens - that of the media's hunt for shocking imagery, no matter the cost. In 15 Minutes, as the cops chase the murderers, the media chases the cops, and the whole thing fuels an escalating firestorm. (New Line Cinema)
Directed By:John Herzfeld
Written By:John Herzfeld
15 Minutes
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
34
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
34
25% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
28% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
47% Negative
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
75
The picture is more impressive as it goes along, revealing a symmetry of construction underneath the rudiments of a thriller.
70
It's a fast, entertaining ride.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
33% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
62% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
5% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Jan 2, 2017
8
The acting was good, the story was interesting and the movie was entertaining. Sure, there were a few plot holes and the characters didn't always act like real people, but it was still an enjoyable, mindless action film.
Mar 17, 2023
6
Liked the movie. Lots of suspense and keeping you guessing. When you think it's the end it's not.
50
Less the blistering satire it imagines itself than a blustering, bloody, blundering melodrama about bottom feeders nibbling each other.
40
Too busy trying to make remarks to be much fun in the end. But it really only has one remark, which it reiterates about a thousand times, and it's not all that remarkable: Fame is overrated.
30
15 Minutes settles into Richard Donner-style goulash.
20
John Herzfeld, the writer-director, attacks America's lust for voyeuristic sensationalism by aping the very tactics he decries.
0
If Detroit had produced an equivalent lemon, we might have been seeing the world's first one-wheeled, square-tired car with no cooling system, steering wheel or brakes.
Aug 5, 2025
5
For the most part 15 Minutes is a solid, if unspectacular, thriller but it completely loses it’s way in the final act with characters rarely acting like human beings and the conclusion is incredibly unsatisfying.
