I enjoyed this film. As others point out, the plot is simple. Son needs a transplant. Father takes hospital hostage to try to get it. But a simple plot is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes you don't want to have to interpret everything.
I thought the characterizations of the little family were so sweet. The trivial spats of everyday life earlier in the film. Later, both parents fighting together, willing to do anything to save the child. Some contrived, but heart-wrenching, moments showing each parent's love for the child.
Denzel W. gave a very real performance as the decent, hard-working, blue-collar dad. Yes, he was almost perfect. Yes, the bad people were uniformly bad. Yet, the movie still works because of the strong performances of Denzel W. and the woman who played his wife.
I thought the characterizations of the little family were so sweet. The trivial spats of everyday life earlier in the film. Later, both parents fighting together, willing to do anything to save the child. Some contrived, but heart-wrenching, moments showing each parent's love for the child.
Denzel W. gave a very real performance as the decent, hard-working, blue-collar dad. Yes, he was almost perfect. Yes, the bad people were uniformly bad. Yet, the movie still works because of the strong performances of Denzel W. and the woman who played his wife.