Dark Places

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Dark Places

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2015

1h 43m

Mystery & Thriller

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A woman (Charlize Theron) confronts traumatic, childhood memories of the murder of her mother and two sisters when she investigates the possibility that her brother (Corey Stoll) is innocent of the crime.

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Critics Consensus

Dark Places has a strong cast and bestselling source material, but none of it adds up to more than a mediocre thriller that gets tripped up on its own twists.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Paquet-Brenner invests the split-time action with some brooding menace and the cinematographer, Barry Ackroyd, does his best to lend some urgency, even as things spiral from suspense into outright silliness.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 24, 2016

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

The film, overall, is fatally uncertain of its identity - never quite certain whether it's a gruesome murder-mystery out to shock us or a heavy, character-based drama about a family torn apart.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 22, 2016

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

All in all, its contrivances might have been indulged more satisfyingly in a TV miniseries.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 21, 2016

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

The material plays like a common potboiler mystery with predictable twists and turns. That such weighty subject matter has been reduced to such banality is a tale of true crime itself.

Rated: 2/4

May 29, 2022

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Mikel Zorrilla

Espinof

'Dark Places' is a complete waste of time that wastes Theron, Moretz and the rest of the cast to give us a lazy thriller. [Full Review in Spanish]

Apr 15, 2020

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Dominic Griffin

Spectrum Culture

Dark Places rarely rises above the level of tepid episode of "Cold Case."

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 16, 2019

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Ian N

The plot leaves a bit to be desired but the atmosphere is good and the acting is excellent. Nice nod to the satanic panic too.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 43 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Language, Drug Use, Sexual Contact and Some Disturbing Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $195,500.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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Martin E

I guess sometimes it's ok to score a film simply on the extent to which it moved you. This is one of those for me. Probably a particular set of triggered emotions that not everyone would have. It's hard to describe but the best I can come up with is to say that if you have a keen sense of the fine line between hope and despair, this film will probably get to you. But it's probably just me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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Catherine K

Very underwhelming..

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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Regina P

I didn't think the audience score was going to be this bad. I didn't think it was that bad. The ending does leave something to be desired, though.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/23

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Cristian s

Por momentos difícil de ver de lo lenta y aburrida que puede resultar pero, dentro de todo, una buena película de drama y crimen. Sacando la buena historia (pesada pero buena al fin) lo que la salvan son las actuaciones que resultan tan verídicas que la logran hacer llevadera.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/05/23

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Synopsis

A woman (Charlize Theron) confronts traumatic, childhood memories of the murder of her mother and two sisters when she investigates the possibility that her brother (Corey Stoll) is innocent of the crime.

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Producer: Azim Bolkiah, A.J. Dix, Matt Jackson, Matthew Rhodes, Beth Kono
Screenwriter: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Exclusive Media Group, Mandalay Pictures, Cuatro Plus Films, Denver and Delilah Productions, Source Investments B.V.
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Sexual Contact|Some Disturbing Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 7, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $195.5K
Runtime: 1h 43m

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