Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- brooding
- unhurried
- offbeat
- quiet night
- slow burn thriller night
What critics said
Critics found the film a diverting but modestly memorable offbeat crime thriller, with Andrew Scott’s performance as its strongest element.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The investigation unfolds in a sleepy Pennsylvania town marked by former steel-industry decline and communal secrecy.
Sanitation truck driver Donald turns his fixation on the missing boy into a precarious personal investigation.
Donald’s autism and outsider status determine how he interprets evidence, people, and suspicion.
The film emphasizes garbage routes, local relationships, and gradually accumulating unease over overt set pieces.
Films like A Dark Place, and why
Mystic River
shares a small-town crime investigation, brooding atmosphere, and morally compromised community
The Pledge
shares an obsessive amateur investigation, bleak social realism, and disturbing child-centered mystery
Winter's Bone
shares an eccentric protagonist, rural crime mystery, and offbeat character-driven tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Simon Fellows
- Release Date
- 2018-10-07
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (228)
Cast
- Andrew Scott
- Bronagh Waugh
- Denise Gough
- Michael Rose
- Sandra Ellis Lafferty
- Christa Beth Campbell
- Eric Mendenhall
- Andrew Masset
- Christian Finlayson
- Kate Forbes
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is A Dark Place about?
- An autistic sanitation worker risks his safety and standing in a Pennsylvania town to uncover what happened to a missing boy.
- What is A Dark Place like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Dark Place as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is A Dark Place violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in A Dark Place as moderate.
- What did critics think of A Dark Place?
- Critics found the film a diverting but modestly memorable offbeat crime thriller, with Andrew Scott’s performance as its strongest element.
- Which films are like A Dark Place?
- Films with a similar feel include Mystic River, The Pledge, and Winter's Bone.
- How long is A Dark Place?
- A Dark Place runs 89 minutes.
- Where can I watch A Dark Place?
- In United States, A Dark Place streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel.
