The Little Stranger

Movie

2018

1h 51m

English

Mystery, Horror

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5.3

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In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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The Little Stranger

Movie

2018

1h 51m

English

Mystery, Horror

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Cast

Dr. Faraday

Caroline Ayres

Roderick Ayres

Young Faraday

Mrs. Ayres

Betty

Dr. Granger

Anne Granger

Mr. Rossiter

Mrs. Rossiter

Miss Dabney

Diana Baker-Hyde

Peter Baker-Hyde

Gillian Baker-Hyde

Tony Morley

Dr. Seeley

Dr. Calder

Bland

Hewitt

Maid

Tipper Seifert-Cleveland

Susan Ayres

Elizabeth Faraday

Faraday's Father

Young Mrs Ayres

Young Male Patient

Directed By: Lenny Abrahamson

Written By: Sarah Waters (Novel), Lucinda Coxon (Screenplay)

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faithful soul says...

6 years ago

A slow-burn of a thriller - part supernatural chiller, and part thesis on the British class system. It's a slight disappointment, bearing in mind it comes from the director of the excellent Room, but despite the slow pace, there is some intrigue here. The big payoff bears scrutiny, and I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

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nmahoney416 says...

6 years ago

Too slow and boring for me. I thought this was going to be a gothic horror and it was mostly a gothic romance.

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Mindless_City23 says...

6 years ago

Like others have described, it is a slow-burner of a movie. Some might say that nothing much happens for most of the film. The pacing is quite slow, so you have to have patience. The acting is really great, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, and Charlotte Rampling really shine here. I think the film could've been executed a little better, for much of the film it focuses on a will they/ won't they - type romance between Domhnall Gleeson and Ruth Wilson, so the turn into a thriller doesn't go smoothly.

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Saint Pauly says...

6 years ago

Seeing _The Little Stranger_ is like being chauffered around a private estate. The driver knows what he's doing and the view is pleasant but the ride is too slow and there are no surprises because you've seen all of this before.

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Gimly

6 years ago

You serious _The Little Stranger_? That's what you're giving me?

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

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Bertaut

5/10 2 years ago

An "atmospheric drama" with no atmosphere and precious little drama

I remember when I first saw Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice (which I loved) in 2014, a colleague of mine (who hated it) was unable to grasp why I had enjoyed it so much. I tried to explain that if he had read Thomas Pynchon's More

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Stephen Campbell

6 years ago

_**An "atmospheric character drama" without any atmosphere, and precious little drama**_

> _The subliminal mind has many dark, unhappy corners, after all. Imagine something loosening itself from one of those corners. Let's call it a - a germ. And let's say conditions prove right for that germ to More

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