Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Kodie Bird True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

lavatch "Term Life" succeeds as an action film and a drama of father-daughter bonding primarily because it does not take itself too seriously. The film is designed as light entertainment with no other pretensions.Vince Vaughn is good as the beleaguered, yet inventive, planner of heists. After doing the leg work on a stick-up opportunity, he "sells" his plans to the criminal buyers. After a heist goes sour, Vaughn's character must go into hiding, and he is forced to "kidnap" his daughter, in order to protect her from the two principal villains--a drug lord and a crooked cop.The film becomes engaging when the daughter begins to "learn the ropes" of the business of crime, and, above all, the mindset of the criminal. The young woman is a fast study, and the actress playing the daughter, Hailee Steinfeld, steals the show.The best scene in the film was the moment when the father and daughter are at a fair, and the dad intercedes when a woman and her child are cheated out of a prize. He violates one of his cardinal rules as a criminal by making himself so conspicuous that bystanders may remember him. One of those bystanders is a cop, who is played by Terrence Howard. Of course, the cop will later remember the face of the kind man at the fair. This well-crafted scene pays dividends in the development of Vaughn's character as a criminal who has a heart.Overall, "Term Life" was not a great film. But it included a fine set of character actors, brisk pacing by the director, and an excellent dose of sheer entertainment.

viewsonfilm.com A father/daughter, Hollywood ending preceded by killings, shootings, chases, and slight torture oh my! Could it be Vince Vaughn starring in another farce? Heck no. He's trying to revive his career with the help of Ralphie from A Christmas Story!Anyway, despite the fugly manner in which Vaughn runs from the bad guys or the sort of drab narration he spouts out, his Term Life is still a movie that I'm going to recommend. It's a crime drama so my initial thought was why were he and director Peter Billingsley attached to it in the first place. Granted, Mr. Sunshine has been churning out bad comedies so I guess he wanted to get serious this time. He plays thief Nick Barrow and to a degree, he kinda pulls the character off. Billingsley, well he has only helmed one other film being 2009's dreadful, Couples Retreat. With "Term", he thankfully comes off as more experienced. He's aggressive behind the camera, capturing every little criminalistic detail and staging a gunfight or two with ample precision. His Term Life plays like a B movie but it's better than most. It tries really hard to make you think there's something greater beneath the surface.Now in spite of featuring irrelevant cameos by notable actors (did Taraji P. Henson, Annabeth Gish, Jon Favreau, and Mike Epps owe Peter B. a favor?), "Term" still insures that you'll be focused on its breakneck storyline. In the film, Hailee Steinfeld reprises her role as the resentful daughter from 2014's 3 Days to Kill. Don't worry though. Her performance and Term Life itself, are much better than "Kill's" hindered discombobulation.With 1973 giving us Paper moon, 2012 giving us Erased, and now 2016 giving us the harmless yet relatively entertaining Term Life, the father/daughter movie brigade is continuing if not prevailing. The title of "Term" (which I thought meant a lengthy prison sentence) has to do with Vince Vaughn's Barrow taking out a life insurance policy for his daughter (Steinfeld as Cate Barrow). You see Nick Barrow is being hunted down by hit men, corrupt cops, and the mob. Why you ask? Because as a thief, he sold his heist to the wrong people and the job went sour. Cate is also in trouble. They can get to her just as fast as they can get to him. Together, father and little one hide out incognito to try and figure out why their well being is in danger. They also try to figure out who later on, set them up (for murder). Watch for the antagonistic Bill Paxton playing a dirty detective named Keenan. He channels the role in virtually the same vein as when he played the despicable Earl in 2 Guns. Also, look out for an extensive use of Georgia locales plus Vince Vaughn's almost unrecognizable hairstyle. Paul McCartney called and says he wants his mop top back (ha ha).In conclusion, with an adjusted gross of about $21,256, it's safe to say that "Term" won't be the comeback vehicle Vince Vaughn was hoping for. I as a critic, also feel like this isn't a turning point in his career. I do however, give him credit for trying to recreate the dramatic roles he inhabited some twenty odd years ago (examples would be Domestic Disturbance, Return to Paradise, and A Cool, Dry Place). Bottom line: At 90-100 minutes, I've seen much worse from Vaughn and various, clown directors who try to better limited release dreck. Rating: 3 stars.

cactus1456 Vince Vaughn saves this movie somewhat but can't keep it afloat for long. There are good character actors in movie but my main complaint, in my opinion, is about editing and actress playing his daughter. She just isn't convincing as a teenager and I wouldn't have missed her at all if she was bumped off earlier. Please, please, I say to you movie directors, cast lead actors so that they are convincing in their relationships with each other. We should have some feeling about their relationship and I do not, sorry to say. I definitely was waiting for words to fall off the lips of Vince Vaughn, I just think he is a spectacular actor, but he can't save scenes where he receive's limp come-back speech from daughter. I am not sure if the chemistry (is that the word?) was not working between father and daughter but I wasn't interested. I tried really hard to be. I actually felt Vince Vaughn did the best he could but she seems to only react, not act with her father. I love the humor, Vince Vaughn and others do not disappoint in that, and I actually love his hair now. He looks different in a great way.

Tony Heck "Everything I've done has been for you. The running, the hiding, all of it has been for you." Nick Barrow (Vaughn) is a heist planner. After one goes bad Nick is trying to figure out why. The more he investigates the more he realizes his life is in danger. When his daughter Cate (Steinfeld) shows up Nick not only has to find a way to clear his name and save his own life, but Cate's as well. I am a big Vince Vaughn fan, I think he is hilarious and is always fun to watch…in comedies. This isn't a bad movie at all and is very much worth seeing but I think it could have been a little better. The biggest problem with this is that it was just a little predictable for the movie to have any real impact. That said though, again, I did like this and was entertained by it the entire time. Overall, if you are looking for the next Vince Vaughn classic this is not it, but this is still a decent movie to watch and isn't a waste of time at all. I give this a B-.