The Pale Blue Eye
2022 · Movie · R · 128 min · ★ 6.8 · 59% critics
In 1830, a grim death at a military academy draws a weary investigator into a disturbing case. As fear spreads, he turns to an unusual young cadet for help untangling clues in a dark, wintry mystery.
Based on The Pale Blue Eye
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-12-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 59/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (2,178 votes)
- Budget
- $72,000,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy dark historical mysteries like The Awakening or The Outsider, with a brooding mood and grisly clues; Not for you if slow investigations test your patience.
Pros: eerie gothic mood; strong central performances; intriguing mystery | Cons: slow pacing; overlong runtime; uneven payoff
Themes
- based on novel or book
- winter
- detective
- investigation
- historical figure
- murder
- gothic horror
- occult
- west point
- book
- 1830s
Cast & crew
Christian Bale
as Augustus Landor
Harry Melling
as Edgar Allan Poe
Lucy Boynton
as Lea Marquis
Toby Jones
as Dr. Daniel Marquis
Simon McBurney
as Captain Hitchcock
Timothy Spall
as Superintendent Thayer
Robert Duvall
as Jean-Pepe
Harry Lawtey
as Artemus Marquis
Gillian Anderson
as Julia Marquis
Charlotte Gainsbourg
as Patsy
Directed by Scott Cooper