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  • 2018
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m

Summary After losing their daughter to a tragic accident, shattered couple Ray (Nicolas Cage) and Maggie (Robin Tunney) purchase a motel in the middle of nowhere in the hopes of starting a new life. But Ray begins to notice strange goings-on, and starts to piece together the history of a bizarre murder associated with the motel. Poking around in...

Directed By: Tim Hunter

Written By: Jerry Rapp

  • 2018
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Momentum Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m

Looking Glass

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary After losing their daughter to a tragic accident, shattered couple Ray (Nicolas Cage) and Maggie (Robin Tunney) purchase a motel in the middle of nowhere in the hopes of starting a new life. But Ray begins to notice strange goings-on, and starts to piece together the history of a bizarre murder associated with the motel. Poking around in...

Directed By: Tim Hunter

Written By: Jerry Rapp

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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17% Mixed
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67% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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17% Mixed
2 Reviews
67% Negative
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75
Feb 15, 2018
The director of the film is Tim Hunter, whose feature career goes back to such 1980s gems as “Tex” and “River’s Edge,” and whose TV credits include everything from episodes of the original “Twin Peaks” to “Mad Men.” That explains why it’s such a good-looking film. Nicolas Cage’s starring presence explains why it’s such a compelling and offbeat little thriller.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 14, 2018
Looking Glass is a hybrid Coen-pastiche and wacky Nic Cage B-movie.
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38
Feb 16, 2018
The plot’s central mystery suffers from “Body Double” syndrome in that the movie has so few characters that the villain’s reveal can only elicit a shrug.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 24, 2018
Looking Glass fails to be anything more than another make-work project for the cinema’s busiest actor, a man with bills to pay and a conviction that the Devil finds work for idle hands. It’s just that sometimes, it’s better to leave those hands idle than to take whatever the next offer you can squeeze in might be.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Feb 18, 2018
The movie offers a great deal more mood than matter.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
30
Feb 14, 2018
Considering its lurid story arc and troubled characters, the film almost feels tamped down as Hunter strives to create an atmosphere of mystery and slow-burning tension. What he delivers instead is tedium, where even the climactic reveal proves both underwhelming and predictable.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
25
Feb 14, 2018
While the execution of every weak excuse for a twist and turn is really the culprit behind Looking Glass‘ failure, I would be remiss to not point a finger at Cage too.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Highland Film Group (HFG), DTLV Cinema Society, Goldfinch Australia, Kirk Shaw Productions, Prettybird, Silver State Production Services, Pangea Media Partners
Release Date Feb 16, 2018
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
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Tagline Seeing is deceiving.
Website http://darkside-movie.com/
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