Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
In the same year that filmmaker Richard Linklater explored the possibilities of image manipulation in digital filmmaking with Waking Life, he also embraced the new medium's potential for creating inti... read more 
Directed by: Richard Linklatter, Richard Linklater
Release Date: November 16, 2001
DVD Release Date: April 16, 2002
Stats: 521 reviews
The movie is quite a good (tensed) dramatic presentation specifically considering that it relies merely on two characters for most of its screen time with one addition later. Although it does lose its grip at times, all in all, it's a commendable piece (special thanks to the acto... read more
Ingenious in its execution. This relies on its minimalistic setting and performances. Thankfully, both deliver in spades. Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard re-unite and have even better chemistry than they did in Dead Poet's Society. The story unravels in a way that keeps you o... read more
A powerful drama that explores the perceptions of three friends from high school revisiting a traumatic event from their past, ten years later. The action all takes place in a small, dingy motel room. Although to call it action is being generous. Almost completely dialog driven, ... read more
I'm compelled by this film's thematic component, by the nature and contrast of its three brilliant performances, and by its stage-oriented approach in general. This is a gripping and very brave film, and the script's somewhat simple structure provides room for deeper undertones a... read more
A very intense "film" version of Stephen Belber's great play. I put "film" in quotation marks because it feels more like a play of film, three actors, only one room and the camera usually focusses on the face of the actors with the dialogue and subtle facial expression being the ... read more
Uma Thurman is amazing here and I love that it's shot in one room and feels like one long take.
1 Hotel Room, 3 Actors, and age old secrets and resentments comming to the surface. Great performances all around, a palpable intensity from all parties involved. None of the poetry or stream of conciouss dialogue that's Linklater's trademark, just n...(read more)aturalistic perf... read more
Usually I'm hesitant about films set in one location, excluding Clerks. But like Clerks, I gave it a chance because I like the director. I was not disappointed, in fact, I really liked the tone and the dialog between the actors, who really impressed me as well.
For the most part, Tape is smart and deftly executed, with Hawke, in particular, as the resentful Vince, making a vivid impression. Full Review
The performances are amazingly charged and fluid. Full Review
There's a place in the world of the cinema for filmed theater, especially when it's done as well as it is here.
Implodes under the weight of its own 'excessive linguistic pressure.'
Picture a typical student film with its arty angles, bad lighting and pretentious observations.
Tape plays in real time in a cramped space, but there are a lot of surprises lurking in the corners of that room. Full Review
Steeped in venom, deception, and manipulation, Tape is a three-way volley of mind games in which an adolescent grudge assumes the complexion of a festering wound.
Like most movies by Linklater, it's the kind of film that doesn't usually get made -- a dramatic chamber piece for young people. Full Review
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