Variety
No matter how you feel about "Gone Girl," there's no denying that Gillian Flynn's second bigscreen adaptation is a relative disappointment.
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Dark Places
Charlize Theron leads this thriller mystery from Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, following a woman who survived the ruthless slaughter of her family when she was a child. After 20 years, the case is brought back, forcing her to confront the truth of the killings that left her an orphan. Co-stars Nicholas Hoult, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christina Hendricks and Ty Sheridan (Mud).
2015Rating: R16113 minsUK, France, USA
DramaMysteryThriller
- Director:
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner ('Sarah's Key', 'Walled In', 'Pretty Things')
- Writer:
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Cast:
- Charlize TheronNicholas HoultChristina HendricksChloë Grace MoretzCorey StollDrea de MatteoTye SheridanSean Bridgers
Dark Places | Reviews
23%82 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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Screen Daily
Audiences who like twisty narratives laced with wrenching revelations should be pleased with this satisfyingly downbeat thriller.
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Los Angeles Times
A convoluted, airless procedural that generates practically no suspense and little that's thematically resonant about lost souls and poisoned memories.
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Hollywood Reporter
It keeps the guessing game going long enough to compensate for some otherwise shallow characterizations, while Theron offers up an earnest and downbeat turn that says a lot with little dialogue ...
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