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Instinct
Nothing is more savage than civilization.
1999 · 2h 6m · R
Thriller
Directed by
Jon Turteltaub
Overview
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
Director and cast
- Jon Turteltaub Director
- Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Ethan Powell
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Dr. Theo Caulder
- Donald Sutherland as Ben Hillard
- Maura Tierney as Lynn Powell
- George Dzundza as Dr. John Murray
- John Ashton as Guard Dacks
- John Aylward as Warden Keefer
- Doug Spinuzza as Nicko
- Thomas Q. Morris as Pete
- Vivienne Sendaydiego as Catherine
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Instinct is the second one in a row that Gooding lifts out of mediocrity by the sheer force of his talent, intelligence and personality.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
[Hopkins and Gooding Jr.] keep Instinct afloat on its sea of simplisms through a succession of climaxes until at last it reaches its unavoidable ending.
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
Rotten
Gooding hurts the film more than his energetic presence helps it!
Bob Fenster, Arizona Republic
Rotten
Heavy on formula and lean on revelation.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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