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Smart, stylish, and packed with solid performances, Bad Times at the El Royale delivers pure popcorn fun with the salty tang of social subtext. Read critic reviews
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The El Royale is run-down hotel that sits on the border between California and Nevada. It soon becomes a seedy battleground when seven strangers -- a cleric, a soul singer, a traveling salesman, two sisters, the manager and the mysterious Billy Lee -- converge on a fateful night for one last shot at redemption before everything goes wrong.
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Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity|Some Drug Content|Strong Violence)
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Genre: Mystery & thriller, Crime, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Drew Goddard
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Producer: Jeremy Latcham, Drew Goddard
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Writer: Drew Goddard
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $17.8M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Production Co: Goddard Textiles
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Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
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Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)
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Drew Goddard's original fluidity in Bad Times at the El Royale is both thrilling and smart. The film's intriguing characters, groovy vibe and surprising narrative is an underrated success that should be revered more than it is being resented. 4.2/5
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From writer/director Drew Goddard comes the thrilling noir crime drama Bad Times at the El Royale. The story follows seven strangers at a hotel built on the California/Nevada border who each has a secret, and before long things turn deadly. Starring Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth, the cast is quite impressive and delivers really strong performance; especially Bridges. And Goddard's directing style adds a lot of intrigue and tension. He also uses a Tarantino-esque narrative, breaking the story into character chapters, which enhances the mystery of who the characters are and what's going on at the hotel. Additionally, the set designs, costumes, and music do an excellent job at setting an atmospheric mood and tone. Bad Times at the El Royale is a well-crafted and compelling film that's full of suspense.
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More often than not, the fragmented, time-jump-y form of storytelling (a la Tarantino) doesn't do it for me. But Bad Times at the El Royale nails the format, and just about everything else while it's at it.
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Glad to see that Cynthia Erivo's star continues to rise and I've seen worse Tarantino knockoffs but this movie is just too long and smug for its own good.
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