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13 Minutes

Play trailer 1:27 Poster for 13 Minutes PG-13 2021 1h 48m Mystery & Thriller Drama Action Play Trailer Watchlist
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The day starts out as usual for residents in the small Heartland town of Minninnewah. It's springtime and big storms are just part of life. Nothing to get worked up about... until they are. Inhabitants will have just 13 Minutes to get to shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving the inhabitants searching for their loved ones and fighting for their lives. In the wake of total devastation, four families must overcome their differences and find strength in themselves and each other in order to survive.
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Alisha Mughal Globe and Mail 11/02/2021
Insofar as its saccharine, Lifetime-movie-esque depiction of the bigness of small-town lives, 13 Minutes works. But as a disaster movie, it fails. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 10/27/2021
This effort will satisfy neither those looking for sensitive, character-driven drama nor disaster movie fans, the latter of whom will be disappointed by the relative lack of cinematic mayhem. Go to Full Review
Rex Reed Observer 10/26/2021
3/4
Written and directed with an overload of talent by Lindsay Gossling, it rarely falters and leaves a viewer grateful for a whirlwind of character-driven suspense and humanity instead of the usual Hollywood cliches. Go to Full Review
Kat Hughes THN 01/17/2022
3/5
Uncomplicated and undemanding, 13 Minutes is a fine way to while away an afternoon. Go to Full Review
Rich Cross Starburst 12/01/2021
2/5
What's odd about the film's finale is the lack of interest that it has in the themes of redemption or renewal. Go to Full Review
Glenn Dunks Glenn Dunks 11/21/2021
If Gossling was trying to say something about diversity in the mid-west as I suspect she was, the cringey dialogue needed to be far less on the nose and her characters not as frustratingly silly. Go to Full Review
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Taylor 11/07/2021 Would of liked to see what happened to everyone in the end and what the aftermath was like make a second one See more David 11/06/2021 Good acting, story lines, great tornado affects as we live just a few miles of where part of movie filmed and regularly have tornados in our area. See more Dave H 11/03/2021 Not another stupid over the top Hollywood tornado movie. It’s focused on the characters and how real people in a small towns lives get turned upside down with a disaster. I liked the references to what to do and what not to do related to sever weather. It was a little slow at times and too much time was spent on the social issues part in my opinion. Still worth a watch but I’d wait for the stream. See more Lynne B 10/31/2021 Didn't like the ending. Seem to go backwards in the story. Loved the special effects and story lines. See more Gary 10/31/2021 Intense. Explored several contemporary social issues along with a suspenseful plot. Reminds us that despite all our technology and innovations, Mother Nature still reigns supreme. See more Jenna D @RT20815099 6d Confused on the bad ratings. I liked this movie and there were a few times I cried emotional tears. It’s not another cheesy disaster movie (which I love); it was relatable to life. It starts intense with the barn catching on fire, calms down and gives you the character background, then builds up again. As far as the movie critic reviews…did Rex Reed even watch the movie? If so, he would’ve known that the boyfriend wanted Maddy to get an abortion (not want her to keep it; he has two other children that he didn’t term her about and didn’t want to have a third. He tells her "you can hang far the baby, I just don’t ever want to see it or have be anything to do with it,"). He should also know that Peyton didn’t "run away", she went outside to pay attention to the weather like her mom (Kim) told her to. Peyton was right in her front yard when Maddy grabbed her to get shelter inside and get her helmet on. I read the full review; Rex, I think you need to watch again. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis The day starts out as usual for residents in the small Heartland town of Minninnewah. It's springtime and big storms are just part of life. Nothing to get worked up about... until they are. Inhabitants will have just 13 Minutes to get to shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving the inhabitants searching for their loved ones and fighting for their lives. In the wake of total devastation, four families must overcome their differences and find strength in themselves and each other in order to survive.
Director
Lindsay Gossling
Producer
Travis Farncombe, Lindsay Gossling, Karen Harnisch
Screenwriter
Lindsay Gossling, Travis Farncombe
Distributor
Quiver Distribution
Production Co
Involving Pictures, Elevated Films (II)
Rating
PG-13 (Peril|Bloody Images|Some Strong Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 29, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 19, 2021
Runtime
1h 48m