page_title: The Next Three Days
section_title: Critical response
hierarchical_section_title: The Next Three Days / Reception / Critical response
caption_attribution_description: Russell Crowe at the Picadilly Circus, London while filming A Good Year
context_page_description: The Next Three Days is a 2010 American thriller film written and directed by Paul Haggis and starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks. It was released in the United States on November 19, 2010, and was filmed on location in Pittsburgh. It is a remake of the 2008 French film Pour elle by Fred Cavayé and Guillaume Lemans.
context_section_description: The Next Three Days received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 51% based on reviews from 165 critics, with an average score of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus is: "Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks give it their all, but their solid performances aren't quite enough to compensate for The Next Three Days' uneven pace and implausible plot." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+.
  In her positive review, Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "The movie's real strength ... is generating escalating waves of plot tension and misdirection as John, heeding advice, makes his jail-busting moves." In contrast, Roger Ebert awarded the film two and a half out of four stars and said, "The Next Three Days is not a bad movie; it's just somewhat of a waste of the talent involved."
caption: Russell Crowe was nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actor for his role as John Brennan.[13]
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