Dark Places

2015
15
1h 53m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers ... Read allLibby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.

Director
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Writers
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Gillian Flynn
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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

49K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Writers
- Gilles Paquet-Brenner
- Gillian Flynn
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Videos8

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Trivia
Many actresses would have had to think about their motivation to perform the lead role in "Dark Places". Charlize Theron's motivation was less remote. One night at age 15, in her Johannesburg, South Africa home where she lived with her parents, her drunken, alcoholic father attacked the mother and fired a gun at both of them. Charlize fled the house after which the mother, armed with her own gun, shot back and killed her husband in what was later judged to be self-defense.

Goofs
If Diondra was pregnant in 1985, her and Ben's "secret love child" should be at least 27 years old, since it is 28 years later in the film. She only looks about 16 -20 years old.

Quotes
Libby Day: The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.

Connections
Featured in Bringing 'Dark Places' to Light (2015)

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Taking Care of Joey
Written and Performed by Jess Bailey
Courtesy of CEG Rights B.V.

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Featured review

7/10

shine your light on Dark Places

I didn't care much for Gone Girl -- maybe it was Ben Affleck -- but I was drawn to this movie despite that. Maybe it was Charlize Theron, maybe it was Nicholas Hoult, whom I have enjoyed watching grow into a first rate actor since his days in Skins. In any case, whatever reservations I had at first rapidly dissolved into a distant memory as the first ten minutes passed.

Usually I roll my eyes at flashback-driven efforts, but not so with Dark Places. Each switch back to 1985 is like the tumblers on a lock giving that satisfying click as you pick it, breeding anticipation and certainty that there is a rich reward at the end for your efforts, every scene evoking a subtle revelation that drives the story onward.

Well cast, well scored, well directed, Dark Places deserves more recognition than it has garnered. If I had to point out one flaw, it would be a forgivable one; MISFITS swag was not that easy to come by in 1985.