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  • 2022
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2022
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene's estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a he...

Directed By: Alison Locke

Written By: Alison Locke

  • 2022
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2022
  • RLJ Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m

The Apology

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene's estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a he...

Directed By: Alison Locke

Written By: Alison Locke

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
46
14% Positive
1 Review
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
29% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
46
14% Positive
1 Review
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
29% Negative
2 Reviews

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75
Dec 16, 2022
Watching The Apology, one gets the sense that Locke and her team got to tell the exact story they wanted to and on their terms. Their drama has unusual integrity since it's (mostly) not about canned answers to complex questions.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 16, 2022
Working on a small budget, writer-director Alison Locke puts the confinement of one location in service of her claustrophobic script. A promising first feature.
By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 16, 2022
The revelations taper off in the film’s second half, sapping it of some energy as it hits the homestretch. But the characters’ despair and passion remains gripping throughout, as they force each other into some overdue reckonings with the past.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
58
Dec 16, 2022
Where The Apology slips up, and where it slips up frequently, is in the journey between that wonderful opening turn towards darkness and the heart-wrenching conclusion, in which all three stars give it everything they’ve got and Locke’s script once again ratchets the tension and the darkness all the way up.
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50
Dec 19, 2022
Even with intense performances from Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) and Linus Roache (Law & Order) guiding the action, the film would be far more effective as a taut short than a filled-out feature.
By Natalia Keogan FULL REVIEW
30
Dec 15, 2022
A play-like trudge through seesawing power dynamics, bursts of violence, perpetual gloom and a ludicrously attenuated finale, The Apology could have doubled its tension by halving its running time.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
25
Dec 16, 2022
The Apology is a dreadful story told horribly. It fails to understand its own protagonist, underestimates character development, and ignores the rules it establishes for itself.
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Production Company Company X
Release Date Dec 16, 2022
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Website https://www.companyxproductions.com/
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