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A man is caught in a desperate race against time in this claustrophobic thriller from director Rodrigo Cortés. Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds) is an American truck driver who has been contracted to work i... read more read more...n Iraq, and while delivering a load of kitchen equipment as part of a humanitarian aid program, he's captured by insurgent guerrillas who intend to hold him hostage. Paul is struck unconscious, put into a coffin-like box, and buried, and when he comes to, all he has to help him get out is a lighter and a cell phone. Trapped underground with a limited supply of air, Paul frantically calls his family, his employer, and American military and political representatives, trying to remain calm as his chances of survival slip farther away with each passing minute. Featuring the voice talent of Robert Paterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha Mathis, and Erik Palladino, with all the action taking place within the underground box, Buried received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: Rodrigo Cortés

Release Date: September 24, 2010

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  • jmanard52
    April 18, 2011
    jmanard52
    A very intense film. A movie some one has to see to just get the feeling.
  • Deano78
    April 29, 2012
    Deano78
    It's very tough to keep the audience interested in a film set in a wooden box for 90mins. However this film does keep you wondering, it has tension and makes you feel you are in that box as well. It's as good as it can be really, and shows Ryan Reynolds is an underrated actor. He... read more can do much more than goofy comedies or the usual action flick.
  • scottgreen96
    March 24, 2012
    scottgreen96
    Even though it ends as ryan is about to die... It leaves you wanting to see that he dies, shows what humans are like. Such little space, such big drama, suspense and thrill rides. People have been discussing whether the director should have shown how paul conroy got into the coff... read morein and maybe learn a bit more about his capture and it adds more to the film with action, there are alot of films that dont add something that could essential, sadly this is one of them... But it keeps in suspense which is a thriller film basic.
  • fb1463751009
    March 9, 2012
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    What an incredibly gripping movie. The tension is so palpable. The trait that stands out the most about this movie is how real the emotions truly are. Many movies try too hard to be depressing, tense in order to make the audience have sympathy for whatever motive; however, this m... read moreovie creates true emotion that brings sympathy, pain, and hope. Not many movies do that correctly but "Buried" does. The cinematography, the camera work is absolutely brilliant even though it is within such an enclosed space. Ryan Reynolds gives his best performance. This is a must watch.
  • fb535316333
    February 15, 2012
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    I don't get it.

    I don't get why a movie should be rewarded for telling a story without actually using the visual potential of it's own medium.

    I don't get how anyone can enjoy spending over an hour watching Ryan Reynolds scream, cry and incompetently handle his situation while ... read moretrying to make me feel sympathetic in every contrive manner possible (I have kids! I'm an innocent contractor! I'm getting fired right before I die! My mom doesn't remember me!)

    Maybe it's a film that can only be appreciated by claustrophobics or some sort of political/social allegory for victims in Iraq but I just couldn't get "into" the box with Reynolds on any level.

    Honestly, I found the whole ordeal quite funny. It's basically Ryan wiggling in a box and then dying while the audience goes "OMG WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HIM", like watching an escape artist wiggle his way out of a straight jacket over a shark tank... except that doesn't take over an hour and probably has less political/emotional bullshit connotations.

    Seems like critics will praise anything that'll try unconventional stylization or direction.
  • thmtsang
    November 27, 2011
    thmtsang
    Buried is not for the faint hearted. Paul played by Ryan Reynolds is an American truck driver who is kidnapped and buried underground in Iraq. He has a cell phone and lighter. He has to convince the authorities to pay his ransom in 90 minutes. You can feel his anxiety, pain and d... read moreespair. People won't believe him or try to help him be found. It's a really uneasy movie, which will stress you out til you are wary. If you want to be cheered up avoid this movie. He is having a terrible day, friends killed, being buried alive, his company sacking him, a snake in the coffin, a fire and a finger incident is all too much!
  • theoneandonlybg
    October 17, 2011
    theoneandonlybg
    To sum up the entirity of the film very shortly is very easy: it's a film about a man in a box! But that doesn't really say much for the 1 hour 30 minutes or so that the film goes on for, in which so much more happens than the phrase "a man in a box" would suggest!

    Buried is a... read more film about a man who wakes up trapped inside a coffin. He has no idea how he got there or why he is there and begins to look around for any clues. He finds a lighter, a cell phone and various other things and begins to try and find out what is going on. With the phone he finds out that his wife is being held hostage and the only way he can save her is to somehow get a large amount of money to a location at a certain time or he will die buried alive.

    I originally saw this film as interesting, but I was worried that a man in a box would become soon very boring and tiresome, yet somehow it didn't; the number of different things that managed to happen whilst this man was in the coffin was incredible, giving a lot of action in only one set!

    With some amazing scenes, tense moments, amazing twists and an incredible ending, Buried is a film that is well worth watching and, although not terrifying, is exceptionally tense and will have you on the edge of your seat...
  • fb1672039553
    September 10, 2011
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    The challenge is daunting for both the director and our protagonist, both stuck in a coffin. The writing trades off plausibility for 90 minutes of story believable only as someone's nightmare, where everyone is unreasonable, items appear as they are needed for a narrative, and Co... read morenroy's "situation" just keeps getting worse and more rediculous. When the credits hit, I suspect our guy woke up.
  • blkbomb
    September 5, 2011
    blkbomb
    Dan Brenner: I'm so sorry, Paul. 

    "Time is running out for Paul Conroy."

    This movie took me completely by surprise. Yeah, I've heard countless rave reviews about how effective and intense it is for being in a box for 90 minutes. Still, it's something that you can't really take ... read moresomeone's word on. No matter how many great I heard this movie was; I kept coming back to the same thing. Its 90 minutes in a box with Ryan Reynolds. The guy who has starred in such awful movies as The Proposal and Just Friends. Needless to say, his performance surprised me just as the much as the movie. He gives his best performance and is finally showing signs of becoming a good to great actor and is slowly starting to do more quality films. Recently he has starred in movies like Paper Man and The Nines. Neither of which were amazing, but they do show that Reynolds does have potential.

    Now, back to Buried. It's incredibly well done. For me, being claustrophobic, what Reynolds character goes through is probably the most terrifying thing I could think of. Just the thought of being buried alive makes me have to get up and walk around. The movie really does a nice job with its claustrophobic setting and manages to keep the tension at a high level the entire time. It reminds me of Hitchcock's Rear Window, in that we don't leave where the main character is. We see what he sees and nothing more. Hitchcock did have more to work with. We could look out a window and converse with a few other characters face to face. With Buried, all we can do is stare at Ryan Reynolds and watch him talk on the phone. It shouldn't work, but it does.

    I'm still stunned at how intense and suspenseful this film was. Director Rodrigo Cortès and Ryan Reynolds show that intensity isn't defined by how much you have to work with, but by how you present the material. The story leads up to an amazing ending that was incredibly well done and left me with the chills. It truly is an incredible movie and don't let your preconceived thoughts detour you away from giving this a look. 
  • fb634552688
    August 29, 2011
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    I get what they were heading for, I'm just not sure I like it.

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Critic Reviews

Colin Covert
January 31, 2011
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Buried may be claustrophobic in scale, but its impact is immense. Full Review

Mary F. Pols
January 5, 2011
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine

If the aim is to be unpredictable and to revel in cynicism, you run the risk -- realized here -- that the movie becomes more an authorial statement of purpose than a story the audience can believe in. Full Review

Jake Coyle
October 8, 2010
Jake Coyle, Associated Press

Whatever the reasons that draw us to the movies, spending 90 minutes trapped in a box with Ryan Reynolds isn't one of them.

Roger Moore
October 6, 2010
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

You have to remind yourself to breathe. Full Review

Peter Howell
October 5, 2010
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

The tension keeps building, right to the end. Proving yet again that in movies, even though the space may get smaller, the picture doesn't have to. Full Review

Rick Groen
October 1, 2010
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

The suspense is gripping, even when the substance isn't. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
October 1, 2010
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

An experiment in limitation that, at least until the movie's deflating final payoff, manages to tap into our deepest anxieties. Full Review

Stephen Whitty
September 30, 2010
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

At its best, Buried is a filmmaker's fondest double-dare challenge. And at its very best, it's considerably more. Full Review

Wesley Morris
September 30, 2010
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

Reynolds's default has always been a sarcasm that's locked him out of seeming entirely human. In Buried, he's neutralized. Full Review

Peter Travers
September 27, 2010
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Ninety minutes of being buried alive with Ryan Reynolds: Didn't we all suffer that in The Proposal? Full Review

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    • Paul Conroy: It's wierd knowing.
    • Jabir: American, breath no breath?
    • Paul Conroy: Yea, you're a terrorist you son of a bitch!
    • Jabir: You terrified, so I'm terrorist.
    • Paul Conroy: The situation is in a coffin.
    • Paul Conroy: The guy says he wants five million dollors by 9:00 tonight.
    • Rebecca Browning: Or else?
    • Paul Conroy: Or else he'll take me to Seaworld, what the hell do you think lady?
    • Paul Conroy: It's over, isn't it?
    • Dan Brenner: No! [long pause] Yeah.
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