Plot
Libby Day was only seven years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Twenty-five years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Release Year: 2015
Rating: 6.4/10 (3,146 voted)
Critic's Score: 57/100
Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Stars: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks
Storyline
Libby Day was only seven years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Twenty-five years later, she agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
Writers: Gillian Flynn, Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Cast: Charlize Theron -
Libby Day
Sterling Jerins -
Young Libby Day
Nicholas Hoult -
Lyle Wirth
Christina Hendricks -
Patty Day
Corey Stoll -
Ben Day
Tye Sheridan -
Young Ben Day
Andrea Roth -
Diondra
Chloë Grace Moretz -
Young Diondra
Sean Bridgers -
Runner Day
J. LaRose -
Trey Teepano
Shannon Kook -
Young Trey Trepan
Jennifer Pierce Mathus -
Diane
Natalie Precht -
Michelle Day
Madison McGuire -
Debby Day
Lori Z. Cordova -
Magda
Country: UK, France, USA
Language: English
Release Date: 18 June 2015
Filming Locations: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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Rating: 8/10
What do you expect from a story with a title like that? You do indeed
find them in this earnest and thoughtful movie. A fifteen-year-old boy
accused of pedophilia and Satan worship who gets his girlfriend
pregnant and is then accused of murdering his mother and two sisters by
his third sister - how much darker can you get without it seeming too
contrived?
As with Flynn's other tale brought to the cinema, Gone Girl, there is a
mystery at the heart of the story that leads to a surprise ending that
has been carefully built up but is nonetheless completely unexpected. A
constellation of great character actors helps populate this dreary
landscape of poverty and despair. And it does end with a note of
resolution and hope. The truth shall set you free.
The plot revolves around an event that takes place in 1985 and an
investigation thirty years later that seeks justice for the boy sent to
jail for killing three family members. Fans of the book should be
pleased with the faithful and sensitive adaptation.
I went last night to the world premiere in Paris. Charlize Theron was
there, thanking the French people for understanding her attraction to
dark places. Her brilliant performance may not get her another Oscar -
the film itself is not the sort of story that many will find
entertaining - but she has again created a memorable character who
suffers and is redeemed.
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