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Proof of Life
MEANRANK
53/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4961
- IMDb #3968
- Rotten Tomatoes #4265
- Metacritic #3923
- Letterboxd #3996
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4384
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4418
- Metacritic Critics #3876
- Metacritic Audience #3762
- Criticker #3090
- Kinopoisk #3152
- AlloCiné #4295
- Trakt #4087
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 34, highest is Kinopoisk on 68. Critics average 42, everyone else 56.
See the most agreed on films →When Peter Bowman, an American engineer working in a South American country, is captured by anti-government forces, the rebels learn his identity and demand $5 million for his safe return. However, his US employer is on the verge of insolvency and will not provide the ransom. Peter's wife Alice is forced to deal with the matter on her own and she retains the services of freelance professional hostage negotiator Terry Thorne.
Details
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
- Writer
- Tony Gilroy
- Released
- 8 December 2000
- Country
- United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Poland
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $65.0M
- Box office
- $62.8M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 | Favorite Actor – Suspense | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 | Favorite Actress - Suspense | Meg Ryan | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 | Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense | David Caruso | Nominee |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 | Favorite Supporting Actress – Suspense | Pamela Reed | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2000 | Best Original Score | Danny Elfman | Nominee |
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5 awards — Proof of Life
×| Favorite Actor – Suspense | Russell Crowe | Nominee |
| Favorite Actress - Suspense | Meg Ryan | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense | David Caruso | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actress – Suspense | Pamela Reed | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Danny Elfman | Nominee |