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- 2018
- TV-MA
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Blind pianist Sofia (Natalie Dormer) overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski). It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic (Jan Bijvoet). A Serbian businessman accused of being ...
Directed By: Anthony Byrne
Written By: Natalie Dormer, Anthony Byrne
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 40 m
In Darkness
59
5.8
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Summary Blind pianist Sofia (Natalie Dormer) overhears a struggle in the apartment above hers that leads to the death of her neighbor Veronique (Emily Ratajkowski). It is the start of a journey that pulls Sofia out of her depth and brings her into contact with Veronique’s father, Milos Radic (Jan Bijvoet). A Serbian businessman accused of being ...
Directed By: Anthony Byrne
Written By: Natalie Dormer, Anthony Byrne
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
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0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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0 Reviews
In Darkness moves along so smartly that near the end, when the filmmakers entreat you to follow them just a bit more, you’ll likely oblige. And why not. They’ve already gotten you to invest quite a lot in this clever little thriller.
I did find myself wishing that all films this narratively misguided were so directorially sure-footed. Makes getting through them a lot less painful.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 User Ratings
5.8
45% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
42% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
13% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 User Ratings
5.8
45% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
42% Mixed
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
13% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
in darkness is an excellent film, natalie dormer is amazing, she’s a great actress and writer
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A blind woman that apparently have a normal life with a normal job, hear a possible murderer in her building, but she had second intensions and a dark past. The rest you will want to find out only while watching the movie. Directed by Anthony Byrne.
This is a very interesting movie, the story is very nice, there is a lot of discoverying shile watching, one scene that doesn't seems to make a lot of sense but further on the movie they start explaining and telling the backstory and what some characters are looking foward to while things start making sense. The story also does have some plot twists in it, some you may see it coming or find some not really necessary, but personally i tought it was pretty cool. The movie have a narrative that stands in a lot of persons trying to reach the same nucleo for different reasons, except for the main character they don't explain exactly what is happening between the others, you can get to know but it isn't 100% exposed, that may be a problem but in this case it worked, i like when things aren't explicit and make you think in some possibilities. Somethings may had felt out of place, something didn't make sense, but overwall it worked very well, it is a very nice story and told in a very nice way. The movie starts better than is finalized, the first act and until half of the movie it is perfect, the story was being released very well and it was being a great joint to follow, at the 2nd half somethings start to become out of place, somethings without making sense and the rhythm also got a little problematic as well in this 2nd half, but for me it didn't destroyed the movie, just didn't make it as good as it could have been.
The cameras in this movie did a great job, considering that the character is blind the camera are always very close to her giving an aspect of blindness itself, while you hear things happening and the camera is focused on her head you can only know what is happening from what you hear, by the way the sound design in this movie was very good what was essential, wich in thesis, it is just like the character does. The colors of the movie are a bit down, it have a noir tone, it is really good. Natalie Dormer here had the challenge to interpretate a blind person, she doesn't convince all the time that she is one, wich i believe that this is kind of fixed during the movie, but still, go watch it, she convince in her voice tone. Ed Skrein character is kind of out of place, he does have an arc, but his reactions was so without expressions that his character was kind of the low point of the movie. Jan Bijvoet do a pretty good job, he totally convinces in being a bad guy, and the worst, i completely bought his cold heart, by the way that he speaks and looked to people, he worked a lot in this character.
The movie have a little bro spirit, saying that you end up becoming what you hate, isn't an original though, but during the context of the movie, this may have felt wrong or right, depends on you.
The cinematography in this movie is great, not just for the cameras that are very well positioned, but are some filmings in shadows and using the light very well. The soundtrack is good and make a tension in it that works.
This movie is good, the problem is that there are some non sense things in the story, somethings are implicit, wich is perfect, but there are some that just doesn't fit in, get confused is good, but when you are confused in something crucial to the story and can't find a good reason for that to have happened this is bad, the famous plot holes. But generally it worked well, a different movie and a nice thriller.
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Dormer locks our attention in, and makes us root for Sofia, whatever her motives might be.
Before the film succumbs to those overindulgences, it's a reasonably taut, effective thriller that benefits greatly from Dormer's strong performance as the beleaguered heroine.
The first third of the story then presents her like a typical Hitchcock ingenue before branching out into a promisingly ambitious mystery. Too bad that story ultimately loses focus and its protagonist’s point of view.
The film is impressive as a star vehicle, if a bit rickety as an action picture.
Anthony Bryne's high-flown style only serves to highlight the film's icky way of exploiting real-world tragedy for kicks.
The cast doesn't allow the film to fall despite its multiple failures and as far as thrillers are concerned this is very simplistic but I dont think it's a failure in every way.
It performs well enough to entertain you but it will depend a lot on your own expectations and tastes.
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Production Company
42
Release Date May 25, 2018
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating TV-MA
Tagline Fear Blinds the Truth
