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Strange but True

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Canada · 2019
Rated PG-13 · 1h 36m
Director Rowan Athale
Starring Amy Ryan, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Blythe Danner
Genre Thriller

Old wounds are re-opened when a young woman named Melissa shocks her late boyfriend's family by telling them she's pregnant with his child... five years after his death.

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70

The New York Times by Glenn Kenny

The tale is a jolting one, and the superb players do justice to the emotional distress of its characters. But a surer directorial hand might have yielded a more resonant experience.

40

Variety by Guy Lodge

Both ambitious and overwhelmed, this sophomore feature from British-Indian director Rowan Athale — whose festival-traveled debut “Wasteland” had lively promise and similarly hinky storytelling — can’t quite decide what kind of weird it wants to be: a loopy B-movie corkscrew ride, or an “American Beauty”-style suburban burlesque with Something To Say.

60

Los Angeles Times by Katie Walsh

The stellar cast elevates the schlocky charms of this thriller. It’s well-paced and cut like a nighttime soap, jumping between characters as they explore this puzzling mystery over the course of a couple of days.

50

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

It’s fiction, far-fetched, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, beach-book thriller fiction. It provokes many reactions, but the one that stands out is “cheated.”

70

The Hollywood Reporter by Stephen Dalton

An atmospheric thriller with a noir-ish undertow and strong visual style, Strange But True puts a classy spin on familiar ingredients. The twist-heavy, logic-bending plot will test audience patience in places, but the whole package is handsomely crafted and rich in strong performances.

50

Screen Daily by Wendy Ide

The initially taut thriller takes an unexpected tonal shift into overwrought suspense, losing some of its claustrophobic domestic tension along the way.

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