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  • 2019
  • R
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary David (Gary Oldman) is a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship that is up for auction, David impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. But soon after they embark on their maiden journey, strange and frighteni...

Directed By: Michael Goi

Written By: Anthony Jaswinski

  • 2019
  • R
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • RLJE Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Mary

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
31
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary David (Gary Oldman) is a struggling blue-collar captain looking to make a better life for his family. Strangely drawn to an abandoned ship that is up for auction, David impulsively buys the boat, believing it will be his family’s ticket to happiness and prosperity. But soon after they embark on their maiden journey, strange and frighteni...

Directed By: Michael Goi

Written By: Anthony Jaswinski

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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8% Positive
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17% Mixed
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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8% Positive
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17% Mixed
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75% Negative
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75
Oct 10, 2019
Gripping, intriguing, and well-paced, Mary overcomes most of the issues with its overwritten script to emerge as a serviceable entry in the genre’s canon. Sure, the film lists from time to time, but it always manages to right itself when it matters.
By Warren Cantrell FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 10, 2019
The idea of this boat as a last-ditch play to save a marriage is fine as an inciting incident, but it ends up steering the story way too much. Oldman and Mortimer play the drama in “Mary” well. Too bad they don’t get much chance to play the horror.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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33% Mixed
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56% Negative
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Oct 9, 2019
Michael Goi, serving as both director and director of photography, does a better job placing the camera around the claustrophobic location than he does exploring the depths of his actors.
By William Bibbiani FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 11, 2019
Goi and his screenwriter Anthony Jaswinski must have thought that simply stuffing the film with as many shock tactics as possible would suffice. It doesn’t. This ship goes down with her captains.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 10, 2019
Director Michael Goi is big on jump shocks that get increasingly tiresome.
By Randy Cordova FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 10, 2019
Narrative ellipses and a slew of visual clichés — like vague shapes, ghostly footprints and disorienting flashes of light — make Mary (the name shared by the ship and the couple’s younger daughter) a particularly unsatisfying possession yarn.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
25
Oct 14, 2019
At the movies, bad things happen to good people all the time. But it’s especially lamentable to see two sterling silver talents of the caliber of Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer trapped in a mindless trifle like Mary. It’s a watery tale of supernatural nonsense at sea as lost and immobile as a beached mackerel.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
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Production Company EMJAG Productions, Entertainment One Features, Tucker Tooley Entertainment
Release Date Oct 11, 2019
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating R
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Tagline Evil Lives Just Beneath the Surface
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/mary.16050/
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