No reptiles. Neither Benecio or Alicia ever cheekily used the phrase "excess baggage." Not enough Alicia.
The story isn't bad, but it felt like it was doing a True Detective impression. There were a lot of ideas but not enough time to flesh them out, a lot of suspects and quick conclusions. It probably would have been better as a show, but then it would have seemed even more like a True Detective knockoff.
Reptile
Shed the lies.
Rating
2.5 (1)
Release Date
9/29/2023Runtime
136 minsOverview
Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.
How It Feels
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A methodical, layered mystery that peels back the surfaces of a small community to expose complicity and moral ambiguity beneath. The detective's investigation becomes a reckoning with the gap between his own carefully maintained illusions and the messy truth around him.
Mood
TenseParanoidBleakContemplative
Themes
CorruptionIdentityBetrayalObsessionMemory
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticDesaturated
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual content
Benicio del Toro
Tom Nichols
Justin Timberlake
Will Grady
Alicia Silverstone
Judy Nichols
Michael Pitt
Eli Phillips
Ato Essandoh
Dan Cleary
Domenick Lombardozzi
Wally Finn
Matilda Lutz
Summer Elswick
Eric Bogosian
Captain Robert Allen
Frances Fisher
Camille Grady
Karl Glusman
Sam Gifford
Mike Pniewski
Chief Marty Graeber
Thad Luckinbill
Peter
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