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The Pale Blue Eye
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A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case - a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
Actors:
Christian Bale,
Harry Melling,
Fred Hechinger,
Gillian Anderson,
Robert Duvall,
Lucy Boynton,
Toby Jones,
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Timothy Spall,
Charlie Tahan,
Simon McBurney,
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Christian Bale
30 January 1974, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Harry Melling
13 March 1989, London, England, UK
Fred Hechinger
Gillian Anderson
9 August 1968, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Robert Duvall
5 January 1931, San Diego, California, USA
Lucy Boynton
January1994, New York City, New York, USA
Toby Jones
7 September 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Charlotte Gainsbourg
21 July 1971, London, England, UK
Timothy Spall
27 February 1957, Battersea, London, England, UK
Charlie Tahan
Simon McBurney
25 August 1957, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Director:
Scott Cooper
Country:
United States
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Notanon (Anonymous)
Nov 16, 2023
23:11
4/5
Some twists and turns, some predictable and noticeable early on though somewhat well hidden. This mostly reminds me of Sleepy Hollow (1999) with Johnny Depp but without the fantasy of it all, so if you like that one you will like this one and vice versa. Though as they are very similar in build you will have one movie partially spoilt by the other.
The staging is good in the movie and shows some budget has been put down. The acting and choice of actors was good, very well suitable to that time, perhaps missing a large harsh drilling instructor or something along those lines to round off the cast of characters.
2 hours long, a little slow in the middle but if you like crime/thrillers nothing to be worried about as you will like it, it is well crafted enough to keep your attention if you like movies.
For those who like mystery this is a good replacement of Sherlock Holmes with a rougher finish with the gore left in.
Why not 5 stars? If this had been its first of the kind it would have been 5 stars - all parts are there, but it falls short in the rounding of it, maybe its even edited short (my first thought was that it was a little long, but seing it in reverse giving some moments a little more time could have both made it better and made it too slow - so im ambivalent there is what im saying), the staging, costumes, acting, is all there, the time related patriacrchy aswell as Gillian doing what is at a first glance an over the top moment, but that rapidly starts ringing true and elevating that scene.
Am i really about to talk about the weather? Pulling in the harshness of the cold and the brittle snow layered with ice could have been good, so could had having a music number by Lea earlier that our protagnoist (or one of them) missed so as to make a chance discoery more logical later on. Small things but there are several that keeps it from a 5 to a 4.
