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In Darkness

In Darkness

Thriller · Mystery · 2018

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

Movie details

In Darkness

“Fear Blinds the Truth”

2018 Thriller · Mystery 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.8 / 10

15.3K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

47 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

59 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over In Darkness?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Anthony Byrne

Written by

Natalie Dormer · Anthony Byrne

Natalie Dormer

Natalie Dormer

Sofia

Emily Ratajkowski

Emily Ratajkowski

Veronique

Ed Skrein

Ed Skrein

Marc

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson

Alex

James Cosmo

James Cosmo

Niall

Neil Maskell

Neil Maskell

Mills

Jan Bijvoet

Jan Bijvoet

Radic

Court is in session

Put In Darkness on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Cool Ironist

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.