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Aided by its spare setting and committed performances, The Keeping Room is just fascinatingly off-kilter enough to overcome its frustrating stumbles.
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There are a few plot holes and some stiff acting, but the threesome is compelling as the gals get their guns and their revenge. June 24, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
There are a few plot holes and some stiff acting, but the threesome is compelling as the gals get their guns and their revenge.
Kate Muir
Its two most charismatic performers, Otaru and Steinfeld, are the ones with the least to do. A serious and absorbing piece of work, nonetheless. June 16, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Its two most charismatic performers, Otaru and Steinfeld, are the ones with the least to do. A serious and absorbing piece of work, nonetheless.
Peter Bradshaw
A well-intentioned home invasion thriller that can't quite address all the issues it raises. June 16, 2016 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A well-intentioned home invasion thriller that can't quite address all the issues it raises.
Christina Newland
Writer Julia Hart and director Daniel Barber develop the women's relationships at a careful, steady pace, giving them time to bond; this is essential since they must learn to trust and respect each other to survive. December 10, 2015 | Full Review…
Writer Julia Hart and director Daniel Barber develop the women's relationships at a careful, steady pace, giving them time to bond; this is essential since they must learn to trust and respect each other to survive.
Laura Power
Dark, brooding and brutal, "The Keeping Room" features finely carved performances in a Civil War period piece that might as well be post-apocalyptic. November 6, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Dark, brooding and brutal, "The Keeping Room" features finely carved performances in a Civil War period piece that might as well be post-apocalyptic.
Tom Long
While the gender-based farmhouse siege is suspenseful and bloody, director Daniel Barber weighs in too heavily with extended silences that slow down the goings-on of a film that has darkly lit tension, lovely scenery and fiercely presented ideas ... October 30, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
While the gender-based farmhouse siege is suspenseful and bloody, director Daniel Barber weighs in too heavily with extended silences that slow down the goings-on of a film that has darkly lit tension, lovely scenery and fiercely presented ideas ...
Brad Wheeler
The film halfheartedly stokes a glacial, almost imperceptibly slow burn that never gives off any heat. April 17, 2019 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
The film halfheartedly stokes a glacial, almost imperceptibly slow burn that never gives off any heat.
Daniel Barnes
Handsomely mounted, with the kind of high-end, bleakly beautiful cinematography that is now common amongst period productions, but it's the performances that make it shine. November 13, 2018 | Full Review…
Handsomely mounted, with the kind of high-end, bleakly beautiful cinematography that is now common amongst period productions, but it's the performances that make it shine.
Stephen Saito
Interesting revisionist western thriller that ends up blanks. [Full review in Spanish] March 30, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Interesting revisionist western thriller that ends up blanks. [Full review in Spanish]
Fernando Bernal
For genre-lovers, this tense and nasty drama is definitely worth a look. October 23, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
For genre-lovers, this tense and nasty drama is definitely worth a look.
Matthew Bond
The Keeping Room tells a story we actually need to hear, no matter how many times it'll take for the audience in attendance, or the reader at his Twitter, or the police in the station, to listen. August 24, 2017 | Full Review…
The Keeping Room tells a story we actually need to hear, no matter how many times it'll take for the audience in attendance, or the reader at his Twitter, or the police in the station, to listen.
Heather Dockray
With the feminist themes lurking in the background but never explored in a satisfying manner, The Keeping Room is hard to see as anything other than a missed opportunity. February 18, 2017 | Full Review…
With the feminist themes lurking in the background but never explored in a satisfying manner, The Keeping Room is hard to see as anything other than a missed opportunity.
Alistair Ryder
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