One By One
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Director: John Krasinski
Writer: Eden Townsend
Based on the novel by Ruth Ware
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, John Krasinski, Donald Glover, Sarah Snook, Matthias Schweighofer, Paul Walter Hauser, Teyonah Parris, Jeremy Strong, Awkwafina, Matilda De Angelis, Austin Crute, Sasha Lane
Budget: $60,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $68,949,324
Foreign Box Office: $55,541,233
Total Profit: $4,430,898
Reaction: Clearly this release rode the coattails of its star power to a small profit for the studio, becoming a rare profitable novel adaptation in recent seasons.
"One By One is a well-cast, but misguided adaptation. The characters were all poorly developed, wasting the talents of its A-List cast on undercooked roles. The plot is something we've all seen before, but it wasn't terrible - just overly predictable and devoid of thrills (a bad sign for a thriller)." - Brenton Smalls, Playboy
"While the performances are great and each of the cast feels perfect for their respected roles, the movie kind of does the opposite of what a mystery should do. Instead of becoming more and more clear as we go along, the film kind of gets less of that towards the end. Not knocking it as it wasn't totally terrible, I'm just bummed we got another 'what if' added to the disappointing novel adaptation pile." - David Knight, Toronto Star
"Chalk One By One up as another star-studded but flat and unfulfilling thriller thrown out by the Hollywood system. Director Krasinski obviously was able to attract a famous and talented cast, but you wouldn't know how talented they are if you only watched this film. The characters lack development, throwing out tons of superfluous details instead, making them all come across as whiny and entitled. And finally the biggest fatal flaw of them all for a mystery/thriller films - it was too obvious basically from the start who the killer was, killing the mystery quicker than the characters themselves were offed." - Gregory Fletcher, Los Angeles Times-Journal
Rated R for violence, language and sexual content
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