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Super Dark Times

2017

Kevin Phillips

Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino, Max Talisman ...

5.8

1,857

Drama. Thriller Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence in Kevin Phillips’ atmospheric ‘90s-set mystery-thriller.

	Author	Review
United States	Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Strikingly shot, edited and scored, with convincing and vivid performances from a youthful cast, the picture loses its footing in the final stretch"	NEU
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"Its shift to slasher mode creates disappointment. Still, it’s hard not to appreciate the astute ways the script captures the moment when carefree childhood turns into the loss of innocence."	NEU
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"A promising debut drama marred by a splashy finale (...) For all the magnitude of its one massive flaw, it is more sincere than arch"	NEU
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Visceral and gripping throughout (...) It’s frustrating to discover that there may not be all that much to see in the void"	NEU
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"An interesting study in teenage psychology (...) [A] stylishly observed, tautly-executed drama"	POS
United States	Henry Stewart Slant	"The brightest part of the film is its cleanly composed visuals (...) Phillips is a strong filmmaker, but he's working from a rickety screenplay (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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