In
its dark, relentless, devastatingly ironic way, The
Pledge is an exhilarating movie, partly because it isn't afraid to be genuinely
challenging
- Jay Carr
I
couldn't wait to get out of the theater just to get the stink of it off me
- MaryAnn Johanson
The Pledge
Jack Nicholson stars as a nearly-retired cop who vows to a murdered
girl's mother that he'll not quit the case until he finds the murderer. Sam Shepard, Aaron
Eckhart, Benicio Del Toro, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn. Director: Sean Penn (2000, R)
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