Ninety minutes in a box?  I don't care how dreamy Ryan Reynolds is, I was skeptical going in.  The much-discussed movie Buried, however, really works.  

The script stays smart by breaking it down into a series of frustrating, individual tasks.  You wake up dazed and buried in a coffin.  What do you do?  

Find a light, find the phone, make contact with someone, get a number, receive a call, yell, scream, break down, deal with your anger management issues, suffer the humility of the common man in global politics.  Next thing you know the ninety minutes are up and you in the audience have chewed your fingernails raw.

The filmmaking is sharp, making great use of differing light sources, close-up and playing with focus.  Reynolds is solid as the everyman.

There are twists, too, and moments of intense suspense.  I give this movie a solid B+.

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