The release date of dark places is set to august 7, 2015. Another good premise, however several times i found myself wondering if i had missed something. 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. The story of dark places follows the story of a woman named libby day who was the only survivor of a terrible massacre that took the lives of both her mother and her sisters. Keegan dark returns to the the heart of californias wine valley to make peace with his longestranged family. Dark places does its best to stir a multitude of emotions within us, but in doing so, the film feels contrived and hurried. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Dark places 2015 r 1h 53m thriller movies years after surviving a brutal crime as a child, libby day comes to believe that the brother she testified against for committing it may be innocent. United states august 7, 2015 limited canada august 7, 2015.
Gillian flynn takes a similar route with her characters as libby day is a deeply troubled individual, seeking the. Learn our latest movie news, read interviews with actors and filmmakers, see behindthescenes videos and photos, win prizes. Long estranged from his widowed mother, keegan dark blaise embry is blessed with the uncanny ability to remember his life in videographic detail. Starring charlize theron, nicholas hoult, chloe gracemoretz, tye sheridan, christina. The album features the films original music composed by gregory tripi and bt the fast and the furious, monster, go. Parents need to know that dark places a thriller based on a novel by gone girl author gillian flynn will no doubt be unfavorably compared to the previous film adaptation of flynns work. The film version of gillian flynns coldcase chiller finds therons unconvincingly downbeat massacre survivor facing her past.
Rent dark places 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Rent dark places 2015 starring charlize theron and nicholas hoult on dvd and bluray. Watch dark places starring charlize theron in this drama on directv. It stars blaise embry, timo descamps, sean paul lockhart and eduardo rioseco. A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as.
For me, it wasnt as good as gone girl or sharp objects but it still managed to be a fantastic mystery, full of suspense and tragedy. Libby day is eight years old when she witnesses her mother and her sisters being killed on the family farm. Theron, hendricks, sheridan, hoult, and chloe grace moretz who plays diondra, bens teenage love interest are all fine actors, but each is egregiously miscast. The dark place 2014 keegan returns to californias wine valley to make peace with his estranged family, and finds a mystery that endangers the lives of the people he loves. Dark places soundtrack released film music reporter. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night. Donald devlin is a garbage man in the fictional town of harburgh, pennsylvania, a former steel town that has seen brighter days.
Keegan dark returns to the the heart of californias wine valley to make peace with his longestranged family but finds a harrowing mystery that endangers them all. Dark places movie trailer, release date, plot and cast starring charlize theron and chloe grace moretz. Get dark places dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. The dark place is a 2014 mysterythriller film written and directed by jody wheeler. This is both a blessing and a curse, keeping him at odds with his family and loved ones. Consequently, dark places is a film without a protagonist, akin to watching recreated footage on dateline nbc, as each flashback or revelatory conversation fills in a few more details of the overheated story without giving us a reason to care about it in the first place. While not well known, this movie caught my eye several years ago due to the unique masked figure on the poster for the film. The film is a twisted thrill ride of betrayal, hope, greed, love and mommy issues, having a gay main character makes familiar worlds and genres become brand new landscapes. But its still worth seeing if you can handle the storys multiple murders, references to child molestation, animal killings, blood spatters, fighting, chasing, etc. In the animated kubo and the two strings 2016, theron provided the voice of a surly monkey. With blaise godbe lipman, timo descamps, sean paul lockhart, eddy rioseco.
There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including shaun the sheep movie, the fantastic four and ricki and the flash. A dark place is most effective when following devlin through the standard drudgeries of life. Sometimes book fans and sometimes film fanatics will be disappointed, but this was a good film. Dark 2015 a disturbed young woman must confront her worst fears when she finds herself trapped alone in a new york city loft during the 2003 blackout. The job is a grind, but its routine nature provides. Dark places trailer 2015 the sole survivor of a home invasion where she famously witnessed the death of her mother and sisters, libby day theron lives with the knowledge that her testimony as a 7yearold sentenced her brother to. Everything you need to know about dark places movie 2015.
Her damning testimony points to her brother ben, then sixteen years old, as the murderer. The story line either jumps intentionally or was edited poorly. In 2017 she starred in the action thrillers the fate of the furiousthe eighth film in. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Milan records has released a soundtrack album for the mystery thriller dark places. Film of gillian flynns dark places is a pale followup to gone girl. With andrew scott, bronagh waugh, denise gough, michael rose. When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation. Libby day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural kansas farmhouse. Dark places was released in 2015 on friday, august 7, 2015 in limited movie theaters. A dark place andrew scott plays an intellectually disabled man investigating a childs death in this offbeat but middling murder mystery. In the fictional small town of harbaugh, pennsylvania, devlins a garbage man whose wisecracking partner, donna bronagh waugh constantly violates his intense sense of order. September 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message in a dark place is a 2006 horrorthriller film version of henry james 1898 novella the turn of the screw.