Detour

Name: Detour
Genre: Thriller
Released: January 20, 2017
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Bel Powley, Emory Cohen, Stephen Moyer, Tye Sheridan

2017

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: January 20, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Bel Powley, Emory Cohen, Stephen Moyer, Tye Sheridan

Summary: Harper (Tye Sheridan), a seemingly naive law student, obsesses over the idea that his shifty stepfather was involved in the devastating car crash that left his mother hospitalized and comatose. He drowns his suspicions in whiskey until he finds himself suddenly engrossed in conversation with volatile grifter Johnny (Emory Cohen) and hisHarper (Tye Sheridan), a seemingly naive law student, obsesses over the idea that his shifty stepfather was involved in the devastating car crash that left his mother hospitalized and comatose. He drowns his suspicions in whiskey until he finds himself suddenly engrossed in conversation with volatile grifter Johnny (Emory Cohen) and his stripper companion, Cherry (Bel Powley). As daylight breaks and the haziness of promises made becomes clearer, how will Harper handle the repercussions (not to mention the violent duo—on his doorstep)? [Magnet Releasing]… Expand

Director: Christopher Smith

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Joe Leydon

Jan 19, 2017

It may be tempting, and not entirely inaccurate, to describe Christopher Smith’s Detour as “Sliding Doors” reimagined by Quentin Tarantino, but this cleverly twisty neo-noir thriller turns out to be more substantial and surprising than such logline shorthand might suggest. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jan 18, 2017

Detour is just film-school-ish synthesis, right down to the cinematography-midterm shot lit through venetian blinds and the anachronistic analog static on the motel room TV—the story of a young man who hates his stepdad so much that he stumbles right into an over-complicated thriller set-up that can only be watched once. Read full review

Ed Gonzalez

Jan 16, 2017

The effect of the film becomes not unlike watching a puzzle solve itself without demanding either the audience’s emotional or intellectual investment. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 19, 2017

What’s painfully clear is that all the artfully composed shots, hinky situations and extra conceptual surprises can’t make this Detour all that compelling beyond its crisp artifice. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jan 20, 2017

Christopher Smith’s self-consciously stylish genre homage finally feels like a baby film noir, playacting without the requisite bone-deep dread. Read full review

The Playlist Kimber Myers

Jan 21, 2017

There’s something fresh in Detour, but it’s buried underneath a largely unremarkable movie. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Jan 20, 2017

Remarkably pointless movie. Read full review

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qbase

Oct 6, 2019

Το νέο θρίλερ από τον σκηνοθέτη του Triangle!
Η νέα του ταινία λοιπόν λέγεται Detour και είναι ένα neo-noir crime θρίλερ με νεανικό cast, στο οποίο επικεφαλής είναι ο Tye Sheridan (ο Cyclops στο X-Men: Apocalypse).
Μαζί του οι Emory Cohen, Stephen Moyer και Bel Powley.Το νέο θρίλερ από τον σκηνοθέτη του Triangle!
Η νέα του ταινία λοιπόν λέγεται Detour και είναι ένα neo-noir crime θρίλερ με νεανικό cast, στο οποίο επικεφαλής είναι ο Tye Sheridan (ο Cyclops στο X-Men: Apocalypse).
Μαζί του οι Emory Cohen, Stephen Moyer και Bel Powley.

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ReviewsMovies

Jan 22, 2017

It uses the audience as a tool by having the audience think at all times to comprehend what is going on, but does not succeed as much as other legendary films have in the past.

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iCronic

Aug 7, 2017

Has a B-Movie feel to it. I don't think the performances are good. The narrative structure is the most interesting part

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Mauro_Lanari

Dec 29, 2019

(Mauro Lanari)
A road B movie that the non-linear structure and the continuous twists do not save from complete implausibility.

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