The Royal Hotel
2023 · Movie · R · 91 min · ★ 5.4 · 72% critics
Two friends backpacking through the Australian outback run out of money and take temporary work at a remote pub. As nights of heavy drinking and hostile attention from locals escalate, the pair struggle to stay safe, keep their friendship intact, and find a way out before the situation slips beyond their control.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-10-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (268 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a slow-burn, grounded thriller about isolation and creeping harassment in a remote pub, with a vibe closer to Berlin Syndrome than a twisty shocker; Not for you if you need fast pacing or a big payoff.
Pros: strong lead performances; unsettling pub setting; slow-burn unease | Cons: tension feels muted; thin character depth; anticlimactic ending
Themes
- friendship
- tourist
- female friendship
- workplace
- alcoholism
- sexual harassment
- cultural difference
- female protagonist
- american abroad
- gender roles
- south australia
- misogynist
- +7 more
Cast & crew
Julia Garner
as Hanna
Jessica Henwick
as Liv
Hugo Weaving
as Billy
Daniel Henshall
as Dolly
Ursula Yovich
as Carol
Toby Wallace
as Matty
James Frecheville
as Teeth
Herbert Nordrum
as Torsten
- AM
Alex Malone
as Jules
Barbara Lowing
as Glenda
Directed by Kitty Green