Crimson Peak Movie Review |
Crimson
Peak (2015)
R | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 16
October 2015 (USA)
7.9 Your rating:
-/10
Ratings: 7.9/10 from 1,145 users Metascore: 69/100
Reviews: 9 user | 67 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com
Reviews: 9 user | 67 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com
IN THE RESULT OF A FAMILY DISASTER, A YEARNING CREATOR IS TORN BETWEEN AFFECTION FOR HER YOUTH COMPANION AND THE ALLUREMENT OF A BAFFLING OUTCAST. ATTEMPTING TO GET AWAY FROM THE APPARITIONS OF HER PAST, SHE IS CLEARED AWAY TO A HOUSE THAT INHALES, BLEEDS...AND RECOLLECTS
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STORY: A baronet
named Thomas Sharpe (Hiddleston) travels to America to meet a wealthy
industrialist named Carter Cushing (Beaver) to seek funding for a newfangled
mining device. However, his daughter, the lovely Edith (Wasikowska) soon falls
for Sharpe. A turn of events leads her across the Atlantic to Cumbria, England,
where she finds herself in a mansion that almost lives and breathes, replete
with hoary horrors and sinister secrets Crimson
Peak Movie.
Cast
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Sofia Wells as young Edith
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Jim Beaver as Carter Cushing,
Edith's father
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Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille
Sharpe, Sir Thomas's sister
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Charlie Hunnam as Dr. Alan
McMichael, a "quiet, shy, thoughtful, stoic, taciturn and learned man who
is madly in love with the female hero"
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Mia Wasikowska as Edith
Cushing
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Emily Coutts as Eunice
McMichael
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Matia Jackett as young Eunice
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Tom Hiddleston as Sir Thomas
Sharpe, Edith's husband, a "charming hero with a mysterious past"
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Leslie Hope as Mrs.
McMichael, Alan's mother
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Burn Gorman as Holly
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Laura Waddell as Pamela Upton
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Doug Jones
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Javier Botet
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Ron Bottitta as Voice Actor
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REVIEW: Crimson Peak Film
What is quickly striking about this motion picture is the impeccable
camerawork, encircling and specifying. For instance, when tea is mixed in an
object from olden times china container, you hear the weak grate and tinkle of
silver spoon against porcelain. The mash of calfskin hobnail boots on virgin
snow is capable of being heard. An antiquated room entryway, when warily
opened, radiates an orchestra of dreadful squeaks. What's more, when Edith
holds up high a candlestick to light up her way through dull, eroded hallways,
you can practically hear the blazes consuming with smoldering heat on the fat
candles Crimson Peak Movie..