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Genre: Thriller/Mystery
Director: Cathy Yan
Writer: Abbie Q
Based on the novel by Lucy Foley
Cast: Brie Larson, Austin Butler, Milly Alcock, Josh Segarra, Emma D'Arcy, Max Minghella, Topher Grace, Cameron Monaghan, Jay Ryan, Chloe Bennet, Stephen Root, Pete Ploszek, Rupert Grint, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Budget: $50,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $65,294,002
Foreign Box Office: $36,019,449
Total Profit: $11,404,580
Reaction: The film was expensive for its genre given the large cast, so we're happy that it managed to break $100 million at the box office and make a little profit.
"With better editing and structure, I could possibly see the story working. But with the constant cross-cuts through time and unlikable characters, it was hard to stay into the story. There are a few decent performances throughout, but if you blink you may miss them with how the film is edited/structured." - Brenton Smalls, Playboy
"The best way to describe this is frustrating. The pieces are there for something good, particularly the mystery at the heart of the story and the supporting performances of Minghella, Alcock, and Kennedy. But it often feels hoisted by its own petard, with constant cross-cutting that consistently prevents the film from gaining any sort of momentum." - Michael St. Felix, The Charlotte Observer
"What an absolute mess structurally. The jumps in time are way too sudden, jarring and frequent. It doesn't allow any time for performances, suspense, mystery or even a chance for the audience to catch up with the events transpiring. It completely cripples the film and story. By the end, I didn't care at all about the resolution of the central mystery - I was just happy that my mind could settle back down from spending 2+ hours trying to keep up." - Frank Estelle, Boca Breeze
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