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Eileen

Eileen

5.8/ 10

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2023

Release Year

98 min

Runtime

Thriller
Crime

Overview

During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.

Keywords

prison
sexual abuse
based on novel or book
winter
kidnapping
boston, massachusetts
female friendship
dysfunctional family
alcoholism
femme fatale
film noir
murder
loneliness
female protagonist
accidental death
masturbation
new england
death of mother
alcoholic father
female psychologist
deadbeat dad
daydreaming
aggressive
christmas
1960s
youth correctional facility
anxious
dark
psychological
depressing

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Reviews(2)

5.0avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

December 2, 2023

6
6/10

Thomasin McKenzie is quite good as the eponymous, rather timid, prison secretary who lives a rather pedestrian life watching the couples make out in the car-park, or fantasising about a quickie with one of her colleagues, before returning home to her retired cop/dipso father replete with two bottles

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Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

February 14, 2024

4
4/10

Rarely have I seen a film as implausible, unfocused and meandering as this second feature outing from director William Oldroyd. After an impressive debut with “Lady Macbeth” (2016), the filmmaker has stumbled seriously in this latest effort, a supposed psychological mystery/thriller that never finds

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