Knox Goes Away

Knox Goes Away” is, like its antihero, smart, unconventional and almost obsessively careful. Its unhurried pacing and mood of quiet deliberation won’t be for everyone; but this low-key thriller resolves its shockingly high stakes with a twisty intelligence.

Agreeable, multifaceted Michael Keaton has been away from the screen for a while, but as both star and director of Knox Goes Away, his fresh and sophisticated new crime thriller, he proves he’s forgotten nothing about how to invest an offbeat film with his own unique sensibility and control it with precision and power.

Michael Keaton’s second go as star and director stumbles but rises again on the strength of Keaton’s ability to bring his bristling intelligence as an actor to his work behind camera in this darkly comic film noir about an L.A. hitman losing a fraught battle with dementia.

It isn’t the best in its genre, of course, but the commitment from Keaton, as actor and director, is more than enough for me to rally behind this film for another watch.

Knox Goes Away isn’t the first (or fifth) genre effort to play with memory, although it might be the flattest.

A vaguely promising premise is squandered in a convoluted neo-noir set-up.

There's an interesting story in here, and a far better Keaton performance within it too, but it is the kind of thriller that lacks the tension and excitement that it needed.

Surprised by the somewhat negative reception. The film is well written, well directed, an interesting premise and of course great acting, I

Clever writing makes a nice drama into a fine noir mystery as well. Keaton does a good job as actor here, but also surprisingly well as director, coaxing very solid performances from everyone, with dialogue interplay feeling very legitimate and engrossing. Nice gritty and chill performance by Pacino as well. It is definitely not a "thriller", though. So ignore that genre listing. It's a drama and mystery, and the kind of movie that theaters don't want to release anymore: intelligent, character-based and paced for adults.

Interesting movie. A bit confusing. We've always liked Michael Keaton so it was okay. Basically it's about a father who saves his son for his own redemption. Not sure how this affects his son but that's part of why we don't rate it higher. We'd suggest: "go ahead and watch it because it's not anywhere near as bad as most movies these days."

was a good movie overall the caricature of incompetent white males and subtle anti-white jokes are here, which took brought the movie down a little bit in my opinion.. gets old, not even offended but its just not interesting anymore

Gosto da composição dos personagens e da forma como o ritmo da história é narrada,as tirando isso, tudo absolutamente é feito feito de forma burocrática. Não há mistérios aqui, de tão linear. Vamos vendo o Keaton da vida a um personagem com uma ralação no mínimo estranha com o filho, e os motivos que variam entre raiva, vingança e urgência devido a doença do nosso protagonista, uma doença mental que pouco aparece na verdade, o que é o principal problema dessa narrativa.