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Dark Night

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The lives of six strangers are changed in one terrifying moment as a shooter opens fire at a cinema.
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Dark Night's narrative coherence isn't always on par with its visual beauty, but for patient viewers, it adds up to an absorbing, thought-provoking, and thoroughly singular statement.

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Michael Sragow Film Comment Magazine Dark Night is an extraordinarily accomplished mood piece saddled with a shallow condemnation of middle-American culture. The whole movie is like an extended art-house PSA. Mar 8, 2018 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times [Dark Night] takes a macro approach to a disjointed society where guns are freely available and routinely glamorised. Rated: 4/5 Sep 6, 2017 Full Review Jonathan Romney Observer (UK) Dark Night offers nothing in the way of revelation, social or aesthetic. Rated: 2/5 Aug 20, 2017 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com A matter-of-fact recapitulation, Dark Night isn't meant to entertain, but merely to convey, solemnly, the emptiness of contemporary connections. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 4, 2019 Full Review Sean Mulvihill FanboyNation.com The movie is really lacking in an emotional punch to leave much of a lasting impact. Rated: 3/5 Nov 1, 2018 Full Review Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Director Tim Sutton ... working in a sleepy Florida town, [reveals] a world where opportunity rarely knocks and everyone is either nursing old wounds or hustling for a ticket out. Feb 25, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Jeffrey P Intriguing to start out, slows down and becomes mundane as it progresses, robs you with the ending. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/25/24 Full Review Audience Member The Dark Night is an absolute waste of time. The film (if you can even call it that) is full of just empty space. The plot is completely unorganized. Even after finishing it; I still can't determine if this film takes place before, or after the 2012 Colorado Shooting. Dialogue is also practically absent. It took me 3 days to finish watching this, because I couldn't submit myself to watch this any longer than 8 minutes. This whole experience was complete torture. The film sucks, the ending was horrific, and the fact that Rotten Tomatoes rated this film at a %62 is baffling. That score is only %6 short of Joker's score. Did they actually watch this film? Don't listen to these, "movie critics," STAY AWAY FROM THIS FILM. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member The visuals in this film are outstanding but the story isn't good. I like the approach that the filmmakers took with this film. Even though the movie lacks a real story it's still very interesting to watch due to the visuals. The visuals make you think a lot. I think this is a very great indie film to watch. Love the artsy, dark mood and tone for this film. I think this film would've been much stronger with more dialogue. It felt much longer than 85 minutes due to the lack of dialgue. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review chris n This is a poor man's "Elephant", only without any of the attributes that made that film worthwhile. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member How apt i thought, with the inspiring #MarchForOurLives occurring in Washington, to watch this. The director adopted the right approach in not sensationalising the cinema atrocity. It's just after 5-minutes you get it that the characters collectively mesh into a portrait of a dislocated society. You then have to sit through 80-minutes of skateboarding, selfies and PS4 violent games. Gus Van Sant's superb Elephant this is not. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Typical indie style, Never got to the point. Boring. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The lives of six strangers are changed in one terrifying moment as a shooter opens fire at a cinema.
Director
Tim Sutton
Producer
Alexandra Byer
Screenwriter
Tim Sutton
Distributor
Cinelicious Pics
Production Co
Ringling College Studio Labs
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 3, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 2, 2017
Runtime
1h 25m
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