The Apology

Name: The Apology
Genre: Thriller
Released: December 16, 2022
Rating: 46
Cast: Anna Gunn, Esmé McSherry, Holland Bailey, Janeane Garofalo, Linus Roache

2022

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RLJ Entertainment | Release Date: December 16, 2022

Starring: Anna Gunn, Esmé McSherry, Holland Bailey, Janeane Garofalo, Linus Roache, Zena Leigh Logan

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Streaming on Shudder and AMC+ beginning December 16, 2022.

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 heavyTwenty 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 heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge. … Expand

Director: Alison Locke

Genre(s): Thriller

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RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

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. Read full review

Noel Murray

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. Read full review

Tara Brady

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. Read full review

Matthew Jackson

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. Read full review

Natalia Keogan

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. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

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. Read full review

Collider Erick Massoto

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. Read full review

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