A Dark Place
A Dark Place (also titled Steel Country)[1] is a 2019 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Simon Fellows and starring Andrew Scott, Bronagh Waugh and Denise Gough.
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Directed by | Simon Fellows |
Produced by | Mark Williams Tai Duncan Gareth Ellis-Unwin Leon Clarance |
Written by | Brendan Higgins |
Starring | Andrew Scott Bronagh Waugh Denise Gough |
Music by | John Hardy Music |
Cinematography | Marcel Zyskind |
Edited by | Chris Dickens David Arshadi |
Distributed by | Shout! Studios |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Cast
- Andrew Scott as Donald Devlin
- Bronagh Waugh as Donna Reutzel
- Denise Gough as Linda Connolly
- Michael Rose as Sheriff Benjamin Mooney
- Christa Campbell as Wendy Connolly
- Sandra Ellis Lafferty as Betty Devlin
- Andrew Massett as Dr. Joel Pomorski
- Griff Furst as Max Himmler
- Jason Davis as Jerry Zeigler
- Kate Forbes as Patty Zeigler
- Cory Scott Allen as Randy Helsel
Reception
The film has a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] Odie Henderson of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two and a half stars.[3] Ben Travis of Empire awarded the film three stars out of five.[1] Stephen Carty of Radio Times also awarded the film three stars out of five.[4] Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote "The result is diverting enough, yet ends up more a mildly offbeat time-filler than something memorable."[5] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review and wrote "Scott's strong, startling performance is the most effective element of Simon Fellows' offbeat crime thriller."[6]
References
- Travis, Ben (18 April 2019). "Steel Country Review". Empire. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- "A Dark Place". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- Henderson, Odie (12 April 2019). "A Dark Place". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- Carty, Stephen. "Steel Country". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- Harvey, Dennis (8 April 2019). "Film Review: 'A Dark Place'". Variety. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- Scheck, Frank (10 April 2019). "'A Dark Place': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 November 2020.