The Hollywood Reporter: 88 Minutes - Review, by Michael Rechtshaffen: "It will actually take a lot less than 88 minutes for most audience members to figure out whodunit thanks to some clunky execution that effectively tips the culprit's identity within the first half-hour." (April 14, 2008)
Variety: 88 Minutes - Review, by Todd McCarthy: "The picture easily snatches from Revolution the prize as Al Pacino's career worst." (April 9, 2008)
Slant Magazine: 88 Minutes - Review, by Nick Schager: "For sheer silliness, nothing in 88 Minutes tops the fact that Witt's English ex-con husband boasts the ridiculously fanciful name Guy LaForge, presumably because `Fakey McMake-Believe` was already taken." [Rating: 0.5 out of 4] (April 1, 2008)