Release: Dark Places

Dark Places
Genre: Mystery/Drama
Director: Cary Fukunaga
Writer: H.G. Hansen
Based on the novel by Gillian Flynn
Cast: Katherine Waterston, David Harbour, Caleb Landry Jones, Dominique McElligott, Morena Baccarin, Roselyn Sanchez, Andy Serkis, Taylor Kitsch, Peyton Roi List, Alice Englert, Josh Hartnett



Budget: $28,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $24,991,503
Foreign Box Office: $18,777,400
Total Profit: -$12,412,981

Reaction: This just doesn't seem to be a piece of source material that film audiences are interested in latching on to. This version of the film performed far better than the previous adaptation, so that's a silver lining.

"I struggled with the structure of the film. Not because it was confusing, but because while each flashback gives the audience a bit more information, it never makes us care any more about the characters or story." - Richard Park, Globe and Mail

"Director Cary Fukunaga and screenwriter H.G. Hansen do what they can with the material, but they are ultimately stuck making a film based on one of Gillian Flynn's lesser novels. If you can look back the over-abundance of unnecessary twists and turns, and focus on the quality of the work on-screen, the film will be worth your time." - Eli McCown, NJ.com

"The script by H.G. Hansen plots the story out in a far more interesting and coherent fashion than the 2015 Charlize Theron-led adaptation, and the direction by Cary Fukunaga is certainly a step above Gilles Paquet-Brenner's work. One area though that this adaptation does not improve upon is the overall talent of the cast. Katherine Waterston is a talented actress, but she does not have quite the talent or gravitas of a Charlize Theron." - Gillian Donaldson, Variety