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The Clearing
2004
· Movie
· 95 min
F
MEANRANK
50/100
Every rating
32–60
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 32, highest is Metacritic critics on 60.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
Details
- Director
- Pieter Jan Brugge
- Writers
- Justin Haythe, Pieter Jan Brugge
- Studio
- Wildwood Enterprises, Thousand Words
- Released
- 2 July 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $12.5M
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