Strange But True

Name: Strange But True
Genre: Thriller
Released: September 6, 2019
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Amy Ryan, Blythe Danner, Brian Cox, Connor Jessup, Greg Kinnear

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Lionsgate | Release Date: September 6, 2019 | PG-13

Starring: Amy Ryan, Blythe Danner, Brian Cox, Connor Jessup, Greg Kinnear, Janaya Stephens, Margaret Qualley, Mena Massoud, Nick Robinson, Sarah Allen, Tennille Read, Vanessa Burns

Summary: A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.

Director: Rowan Athale

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 96 min

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Stephen Dalton

Sep 5, 2019

An atmospheric thriller with a noir-ish undertow and strong visual style, Strange But True puts a classy spin on familiar ingredients. The twist-heavy, logic-bending plot will test audience patience in places, but the whole package is handsomely crafted and rich in strong performances. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Sep 5, 2019

The tale is a jolting one, and the superb players do justice to the emotional distress of its characters. But a surer directorial hand might have yielded a more resonant experience. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 6, 2019

This is the kind of film that explains itself too early and then has nowhere to go except into rote, B-picture thrills. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Sep 5, 2019

The stellar cast elevates the schlocky charms of this thriller. It’s well-paced and cut like a nighttime soap, jumping between characters as they explore this puzzling mystery over the course of a couple of days. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Sep 2, 2020

It’s fiction, far-fetched, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, beach-book thriller fiction. It provokes many reactions, but the one that stands out is “cheated.” Read full review

Wendy Ide

Sep 5, 2019

The initially taut thriller takes an unexpected tonal shift into overwrought suspense, losing some of its claustrophobic domestic tension along the way. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Sep 7, 2019

Both ambitious and overwhelmed, this sophomore feature from British-Indian director Rowan Athale — whose festival-traveled debut “Wasteland” had lively promise and similarly hinky storytelling — can’t quite decide what kind of weird it wants to be: a loopy B-movie corkscrew ride, or an “American Beauty”-style suburban burlesque with Something To Say. Read full review

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fr261865

Sep 6, 2019

Is this movie a thriller? Or a supernatural scary movie? Or a combination of both? It reminded me of the way Alfred Hitchcock made movies. Like "Ordinary People" (Amy Ryan as the angry Mary Tyler Moore mother perfomance) meets an adult thriller (Psycho). The opening scene, leading to aIs this movie a thriller? Or a supernatural scary movie? Or a combination of both? It reminded me of the way Alfred Hitchcock made movies. Like "Ordinary People" (Amy Ryan as the angry Mary Tyler Moore mother perfomance) meets an adult thriller (Psycho). The opening scene, leading to a flashback is a perfect framing device. It does not give away too much a whats to come, at the same time it leaves the viewer hanging there. Nick Robinson gives an amazingly nuanced performance, we know he is keeping a secret but what can it be? (no, not the "big ass secret he had in Love Simon!). Blythe Danner, Brian Cox and Greg Kinnear are just not on screen as much as we would have liked. And, Margaret Qualley is a fantastic mix of down to earth vs. crazy. Wish they would make movies like this more often. What a treat!!… Expand

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LamontRaymond

Sep 6, 2019

What starts out like a supernatural curiosity because a super interesting thriller with complex plotting. The terrific cast carries the day. Recommmended! (And great to see Amy Ryan back on the big screen.)

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JLuis_001

Sep 21, 2019

It begins in an interesting way but it gets diluted very fast, when I was in the middle of the story I stopped being interested and its conclusion was hollow and weak.

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Crb04

Oct 25, 2021

Cast and plot done well enough to hold interest, but ending made me gag, with not much of anything in the story leading to the nauseating wrap-up.

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