Child 44

Catch the killer. Expose the truth.

Set in 1953 Soviet Russia, a secret police agent loses his status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, they join forces with a general to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by the agent's psychopathic rival.

137 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence).
Crime, Drama, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Oh come on, just a little kiss then..

Credits

Cast	Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman
Director	Daniel Espinosa
Screenplay	Richard Price, from the novel by Tom Rob Smith
Music	Jon Ekstrand
Cinematography	Oliver Wood
Editing	Pietro Scalia, Dylan Tichenor
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	Summit Entertainment, Worldview Entertainment, Scott Free Productions, Etalon Film, Stillking Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Crime, thriller
Language	Low to mild and infrequent
Nudity	none
Sex	None
Violence	Strong impact, frequent
Prejudice	Low to mild, infrequent
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 17 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Not your typical blood and gore thriller.	10
Die Burger Rozanne Els Moord in die 'paradys'.	15
Cape Times Jordan Mintzer Stalin-era thriller set in Russia.	10
ReelViews James Berardinelli Child 44 is a victim of poor adaptation. It is beset by problems related to flow and coherence; the narrative is confusing, the characters are provided with inadequate time for development, and dead-end subplots abound.	10
Metacritic.com 26 critics	8
Rottentomatoes critics 65 critics	9
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer There's a gripping story at the heart of Child 44 and a solid performance from Tom Hardy in the lead, but it all still adds up to a would-be thriller that lacks sufficient thrills.	5
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	9
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Dull, dreary, '50s-set thriller gets pretty gruesome.	5
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 34 users	10
Rottentomatoes users 9113 users	11
Internet 3727 Netizens Child 44: heavy thriller in USSR.	13
Average .. 48%	10