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  • 2013
  • R
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary Jim Tahana (Michael Cudlitz) doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of h...

Directed By: Suri Krishnamma

Written By: Frank John Hughes

  • 2013
  • R
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2013
  • R
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Dark Tourist

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Jim Tahana (Michael Cudlitz) doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of h...

Directed By: Suri Krishnamma

Written By: Frank John Hughes

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60
Aug 27, 2013
Cudlitz gives a haunted performance as a weathered, misogynistic, homophobic, blue-collar man roiling with demons, and Griffith can break your heart as a good woman staggering under the weight of life.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
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Aug 30, 2013
Director Suri Krishnamma capably depicts the darkness in Jim’s head with his shadowy surroundings, misanthropic inner monologue and increasingly frequent hallucinations, and Griffith’s vulnerable performance is a standout. But the film’s final third seems needlessly graphic.
By Sara Stewart FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 29, 2013
Suri Krishnamma’s Dark Tourist takes an effectively unpleasant trip down the lost highway of a morbid mind before its bad choices start catching up with it.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 22, 2013
Dark Tourist gets bogged down in insufferably slow-moving scenes — interestingly, when Jim is interacting with others, despite consummate performances from Cudlitz and Griffith.
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30
Sep 5, 2013
Character actor Michael Cudlitz’s first leading role is the sole selling point of Dark Tourist, a well-acted but rote and ultimately repellent character study of a psychologically disturbed loner.
By Geoff Berkshire FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 22, 2013
Director Suri Krishnamma has taken it upon himself to create one of the most depressing films of the year.
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Production Company Lost Lane Entertainment, Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions
Release Date Aug 23, 2013
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating R
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Tagline He Goes to Dark Places...
Website https://www.facebook.com/darktouristmovie
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