The Drowning

Name: The Drowning
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: May 10, 2017
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Avan Jogia, Jasper Newell, Josh Charles, Julia Stiles, Kim Ramirez

2017

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Paladin | Release Date: May 10, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Avan Jogia, Jasper Newell, Josh Charles, Julia Stiles, Kim Ramirez, Leo Fitzpatrick, Mike Houston, Nancy Ellen Shore, Robert Clohessy, Tracie Thoms

Summary: Tom Seymour (Josh Charles), a forensic psychologist, is haunted by his expert witness testimony that sent a young boy to prison for a chilling murder 12 years prior. When the boy, now a young man, reappears in Tom’s life, Tom is drawn into a potentially destructive, soul-searching reinvestigation of the case.

Director: Bette Gordon

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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David Edelstein

May 15, 2017

It’s a closed, depressing vision, elevated by compassion and superbly evocative filmmaking. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

May 10, 2017

The Drowning...distinguishes itself by applying a depth of psychological observation that yields a genuinely unsettling vision. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 10, 2017

It lacks the fireworks or stunning revelations of an A-picture in this genre. But it works as a nice showcase for a cast that’s largely been relegated to small supporting roles these days. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

May 10, 2017

Whatever suspense it musters feels artificial, manufactured in the first half by withholding information all the characters already possess from the audience, and in the second by adding more curlicues and flourishes to the elaborate plot at the expense of nourishing the milquetoast characters. Read full review

Kenji Fujishima

May 11, 2017

The deeper Tom wades into this psychological morass, the more Danny's volatile behavior seems dictated by the screenwriters' convenience rather than by any plausible depiction of a tortured mind. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

May 11, 2017

The problem with The Drowning isn't that the characters are insubstantial, but rather that they don't dry up and disappear fast enough. Read full review

Diego Semerene

May 10, 2017

If there’s anything worth mulling over about The Drowning, it's the way it proffers the East Coast couple as an inevitably miserable institution without really meaning to. Read full review

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