Bad Times at the El Royale

Name: Bad Times at the El Royale
Director: Drew Goddard
Genre: 53, 9648, 80, 18
Released: 2018
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Lewis Pullman, Dakota Johnson, Cailee Spaeny

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Drew Goddard• Director Jeff Bridges Cynthia Erivo Lewis Pullman Dakota Johnson Cailee Spaeny Jon Hamm Chris Hemsworth Nick Offerman Xavier Dolan Shea Whigham

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

Who would love this

♥Fans of Tarantino-esque crime thrillers, intricate plotting, stylish visuals, and genre-bending narratives would likely enjoy this film. Viewers who appreciate films that challenge them intellectually and explore complex moral themes would also find it rewarding.

Who might not

✗Audiences who prefer straightforward narratives, dislike slow pacing, or are put off by stylized dialogue and violence might find "Bad Times at the El Royale" to be a frustrating experience. Those looking for clear-cut heroes and villains or a more conventional thriller might be disappointed.

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What critics are saying about Bad Times at the El Royale

Instead of looking just at government surveillance, Bad Times at the El Royale investigates how religion surveils, both externally and internally. With that, the film becomes as much about the truth that characters tell one another as it is about the truth that characters tell themselves. In a development for Goddard, some of the film’s most powerful “twists” aren’t twists at all but simply confirmations of what has been true all along.

'Bad Times at the El Royale' and How to Deconstruct a Genre

Box office. $31.8 million. Bad Times at the El Royale is a 2018 American neo-noir thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Drew Goddard.Despite this, it received positive reviews from critics, who praised the soundtrack, performances of the cast, and McGarvey's cinematography, but criticized its pacing, runtime, character beats, and Goddard's writing. At the 45th Saturn Awards, the film received five nominations, Best Writing for Goddard, Best Actor for Bridges, Best Supporting Actor for Pullman, Best Supporting Actress for Erivo, and won for Best Thriller Film.

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