Dark Crimes
Saban Films | Release Date: May 18, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
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50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 17, 2018
This is a well-made, well-acted and sometimes intriguing but also coldly cynical and manipulative murder mystery. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisMay 16, 2018
Regardless of how one might feel about its inherently icky subject matter, Dark Crimes needs more narrative momentum. The cast is game, the production design is impressive and a few surprises await — but even as things heat up, the film somehow remains cold. Read full review
40
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak May 19, 2018
Carrey commits one hundred and ten percent, fluctuating accent notwithstanding. It’s only a matter of time before his newfound artistic intensity will be matched to suitable material to create something special. Read full review
40
The New York TimesKen JaworowskiMay 17, 2018
A good story gets stuck in a puddle of mood in Dark Crimes, a film that strays from its fascinating source — a real-life murder case — into a less successful attempt at noir. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 23, 2018
Carrey doesn’t deliver any sizzle in this role. Csokas chews him right out of their scenes, and the always soulful Gainsbourg (“Nymphomaniac,” “Antichrist”) lets us think we’re looking right into her horrific past, even if this dull, obvious “mystery” doesn’t seem worthy of any of their talents. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMay 16, 2018
Carrey's quietly exacting, uncharacteristic performance, though not qualifying as a saving grace, hints at some promising new career directions in the same manner Robin Williams successfully tapped a darker side with "One Hour Photo." All Carrey needs now is a better film. Read full review
30
Village VoiceApril WolfeMay 16, 2018
This is one very ugly movie at its heart, not for how Englert photographed it but for how bleak and unrelenting the violence is — even that ending can’t dig Dark Crimes out of its dark hole. Read full review
30
IGNWitney SeiboldApr 21, 2018
Although inspired by an interesting post-modern true crime story, and featuring an unexpectedly depressive performance from Jim Carrey, Dark Crimes is a dull, dark, depressing film with very little on its mind. Read full review
25
ObserverRex ReedMay 18, 2018
I admire Carrey for taking on a grim and sobering project made in Krakow, Poland, that requires a range he would never be asked to show in any American sitcom, but Dark Crimes is so lurid, irrelevant and unwatchable it makes you wonder if he ever read the script. Read full review
25
ConsequenceRandall ColburnMay 11, 2018
The only subtlety to be found is in the performance of singer and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, though it’s her co-star, Jim Carrey, who will be the subject of most of this strange, ugly film’s discussion. And why not? It’s a bizarre, fascinating turn for Carrey. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMay 11, 2018
Carrey’s commitment is in the service of a movie that is not just muddled in the conventional ways but down to its core; it really never figures out what it’s about, even as it grimly manipulates its volatile content. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 16, 2018
Here, a few words should be said about Carrey’s performance: It may be the worst dramatic acting of his career, a charmless cartoon of self-repression. Read full review
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New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMay 17, 2018
That this exercise in vulgarity was made at all is shameful. Dark Crimes is punishing to watch. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineHenry StewartMay 14, 2018
There’s a lot of sexual violence in the film, but it scans as unimaginatively repulsive, as well as blatantly misogynistic. Read full review
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