A Dark Place
Front Row Filmed Entertainment | Release Date: April 12, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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6
Negative:
1
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60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 10, 2019
But it's Scott who fully carries the film, helping us overlook the story's contrivances with his moving and intense performance as a character who is as far removed from Professor Moriarty as you can get. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyApr 9, 2019
The result is diverting enough, yet ends up more a mildly offbeat time-filler than something memorable. Read full review
50
Film ThreatHunter LanierApr 17, 2019
Screenplays like A Dark Place only get made because they’re familiar. They present intrigue and drama in a way that doesn’t challenge the audience but reinforces their belief of what a movie like this should be. This conformist methodology might make the movie palatable—and marketable—but it doesn’t make it any good. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayApr 12, 2019
A Dark Place is earnest enough, but it comes across as phony. It’s hard to do a “local color” drama when everyone’s from out of town. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeApr 22, 2019
Unfortunately, Scott is the most persuasive element in a film that is atmospherically photographed by Marcel Zyskind but let down by a clueless screenplay which borders, at times, on the risible. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeyApr 18, 2019
It’s a bungled business, making obvious errors of staging. Read full review
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