Cordelia

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Cordelia

Released May 20, 2022

1h 32m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Cordelia (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a young woman living in London, meets her mysterious and alluring neighbor Frank (Johnny Flynn) for the first time but quickly becomes suspicious of his motives. With her twin sister away for the weekend, Cordelia is left alone and overcome with paranoia. She begins to unravel and sink back into past traumas the more that Frank tries to charm his way into her life, becoming a danger to herself and others.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Cordelia has all the ingredients to be a truly great film, but at best, by the time the final credits run, it almost feels generous to even call it an even particularly good one.

Jun 10, 2022

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Cordelia doesn’t stay tethered to what we would call reality. And the way it doesn’t stay tethered is what gives the movie its distinctive quality.

Rated: 3/4

May 20, 2022

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Enigmatic and imperfect, but nonetheless absorbing and consistently unsettling, “Cordelia” offers a haunting visualization of a breaking-apart psyche.

May 19, 2022

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

Cordelia begins as an interesting psychological thriller but loses its balance during the second half of the movie. It has all the ingredients for a good movie, with an interesting and dynamic performance by Campbell-Hughes and Flynn.

Sep 4, 2023

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Nathaniel Muir

AIPT

Unfortunately, the final act does not deliver in the way it should. The lead up is great, but it does not provide the impact that it should. After a well constructed first hour, things feel rushed in the final thirty minutes.

Jul 4, 2022

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Sarah Musnicky

Nightmarish Conjurings

It has all the right elements to make for a decent psychological thriller, but the film's final act frustrates more than shocks.

Rated: 2/5

May 27, 2022

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Gerry M

Never watch this ever again [note to self]

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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Courtney K

i found this to be incredibly boring.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/10/23

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Ken R

Cordelia – Style With Little Substance It felt like I had seen this all before (think; Polanski's The Tennant & Repulsion) all the way through to the non-ending. Every so often writers and movie makers want to create a beguiling work that leaves audiences perplexed, they think they're being clever (maybe they are), but when audiences sit for over an hour and a half, when they leave, they understandably want something to take with them that feels complete. While some think it's creative to simply give out assorted clues, so others can think they're smart enough to unravel them – most will feel let down when everything they thought they saw, maybe didn't happen at all. It's stylish, well played out, but ultimately unpleasant and unsatisfying, with a script that's possibly as thin as the co-writer/main star. If you like movies with endless loose ends, and nothing to tie them together, this is the show for you.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/23

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Audience Member

Another stupid movie the director decides to end randomly without actually filming an ending! Movies like this are a complete insult to their audiences, demanding over an hour of their time to not deliver any conclusion. Imagine the first Star Wars movie, if George Lucas was to just end the movie before Skywalker fired the missiles that destroyed the Death Star, leaving the audience to wonder WTF?!? That’s what this movie and others like it do! GARBAGE.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/23

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Ron S

This movie just does not hang together well and ends in a disappointing manner.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/08/23

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Joe C

Amateur Hitchcock. It's well done, wonderful decaying London sets, players all competent if a little obvious, mood straight from Guillermo Del Toro. Co-written by the star, it tries to do too much in throwing in quite a few psycho-drama tropes. Everyone involved may turn out to be great at something, just not this.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/25/22

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Cordelia (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), a young woman living in London, meets her mysterious and alluring neighbor Frank (Johnny Flynn) for the first time but quickly becomes suspicious of his motives. With her twin sister away for the weekend, Cordelia is left alone and overcome with paranoia. She begins to unravel and sink back into past traumas the more that Frank tries to charm his way into her life, becoming a danger to herself and others.

Director: Adrian Shergold
Producer: Kevin Proctor
Screenwriter: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Adrian Shergold
Distributor: Screen Media Films
Production Co: Twickenham Studios
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): May 20, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 20, 2022
Runtime: 1h 32m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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