Sometimes book fans and sometimes film fanatics will be disappointed, but this was a good film. 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. 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. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including shaun the sheep movie, the fantastic four and ricki and the flash.
In the animated kubo and the two strings 2016, theron provided the voice of a surly monkey. But its still worth seeing if you can handle the storys multiple murders, references to child molestation, animal killings, blood spatters, fighting, chasing, etc. It stars blaise embry, timo descamps, sean paul lockhart and eduardo rioseco. Keegan dark returns to the the heart of californias wine valley to make peace with his longestranged family. The album features the films original music composed by gregory tripi and bt the fast and the furious, monster, go. Donald devlin is a garbage man in the fictional town of harburgh, pennsylvania, a former steel town that has seen brighter days. The dark place is a 2014 mysterythriller film written and directed by jody wheeler. 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.
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. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night. Starring charlize theron, nicholas hoult, chloe gracemoretz, tye sheridan, christina. After 25 years libby day is still living in the nightmare caused by being the only survivor when her family was attacked and killed. Her damning testimony points to her brother ben, then sixteen years old, as the murderer. The film version of gillian flynns coldcase chiller finds therons unconvincingly downbeat massacre survivor facing her past.
Film of gillian flynns dark places is a pale followup to gone girl. United states august 7, 2015 limited canada august 7, 2015. 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. Dark places movie trailer, release date, plot and cast starring charlize theron and chloe grace moretz. A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as.
In 2017 she starred in the action thrillers the fate of the furiousthe eighth film in. Dark places does its best to stir a multitude of emotions within us, but in doing so, the film feels contrived and hurried. 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. 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. A dark place is most effective when following devlin through the standard drudgeries of life. Libby day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural kansas farmhouse. Instead, he finds a harrowing mystery that endangers his life and those he loves. The job is a grind, but its routine nature provides. Gillian flynn takes a similar route with her characters as libby day is a deeply troubled individual, seeking the. Watch dark places starring charlize theron in this drama on directv. 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. Get dark places dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Rent dark places 2015 starring charlize theron and nicholas hoult on dvd and bluray. Rent dark places 2015 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. A dark place andrew scott plays an intellectually disabled man investigating a childs death in this offbeat but middling murder mystery. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Libby day is eight years old when she witnesses her mother and her sisters being killed on the family farm. Dark places soundtrack released film music reporter. 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. Dark places is a masterpiece, composed of troubled characters,disturbing deeds and buried secrets. 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. 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. Long estranged from his widowed mother, keegan dark blaise embry is blessed with the uncanny ability to remember his life in videographic detail. This is both a blessing and a curse, keeping him at odds with his family and loved ones.
Theron, hendricks, sheridan, hoult, and chloe grace moretz who plays diondra, bens teenage love interest are all fine actors, but each is egregiously miscast. With blaise godbe lipman, timo descamps, sean paul lockhart, eddy rioseco. Watch dark places online stream full movie directv. 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.
While not well known, this movie caught my eye several years ago due to the unique masked figure on the poster for the film. 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. Milan records has released a soundtrack album for the mystery thriller dark places. 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. Learn our latest movie news, read interviews with actors and filmmakers, see behindthescenes videos and photos, win prizes. Everything you need to know about dark places movie 2015. Dark places official us release trailer 2015 charlize. The story line either jumps intentionally or was edited poorly.