maandag 28 september 2020

Movie Review - The Night Clerk

Director:
Michael Cristofer
Genre: Thriller/ Drama
Runtime: 89 minutes
Year: 2020
Starring: Tye Sheridan, Ana de Armas, Helen Hunt, John Leguizamo, Jonathan Schaech

Description: A voyeuristic hotel clerk (Tye Sheridan) becomes the subject of a murder investigation.

Review: Tye Sheridan is more and more becoming a name in Hollywood. He already played the rol of Cyclops in the most recent “X-Men” movies and was the lead in Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One”. And he is a pretty good actor. In “The Night Clerk” he had to open a whole new can of emotions, playing a young man with Asperger.
“The Night Clerk” follows Bart Bromley, a highly gifted, autistic hotel clerk who works the night shift. During his work, he uses surveillance cameras to film the guests in order to improve his social skills. When a woman is murdered during one of his shifts, he soon becomes a prime suspect. When Andrea checks in at the hotel, Bart thinks he has to find the real killer, otherwise Andrea might be the next victim.
It's not you typical whodunit. The film is pretty obvious and never really gets compelling or exciting. Aside from the great cast and acting, the film doesn’t have a lot to offer. It becomes very clear who actually killed the woman and how Andrea fits in to the picture. That’s a shame, since the story and cast could be a whole lot more than this.

Rating: 2, 5 / 5

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