''Desolation'' is a 2016 American
thriller film directed by
David Moscow
David Raphael Moscow (born November 14, 1974) is an American actor, producer and activist. He is best known for his role as young Josh Baskin in the 1988 film ''Big'' and as David Jacobs in the 1992 musical film '' Newsies.''
Career
In 1988, Mo ...
, written by Matthew McCarty and Craig Walendziak, and starring
Dominik García-Lorido, Brock Kelly and
Raymond J. Barry.
Cast
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Dominik García-Lorido as Katie
*Brock Kelly as Jay
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Raymond J. Barry as Father Bill
*Ninja N. Devoe as Debbie
Release
The film was released theatrically in New York City and Los Angeles on January 26, 2018.
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Reception
The film has a 44% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
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based on nine reviews.
Joe Leydon
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of ''Variety
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'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "A potentially intriguing premise gets a maladroit execution in a thriller that's more befuddling than exciting."
Kimber Myers of the ''Los Angeles Times
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'' also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "It wants to be a commentary on the depravity of Hollywood and what people find entertaining, but instead it mostly just mirrors the media’s habit of using sexual trauma as a plot device and surviving such horrors as a character trait."
Norman Gidney of ''Film Threat
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'' awarded the film two stars and wrote, "If ''Desolation'' had just assumed that its audience needed less explanation while doling out the mystery, this could have been a savvy update. Instead, the film just comes off as contrived."Bloody Disgusting
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awarded the film two and a half skulls out of five and wrote, "In all, ''Desolation'' is not a bad film, it’s simply middle-of-the-road. Respectably, the film has something to say and makes no bones about it."
References
External links
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, desolation_2018
2010s English-language films
2010s American films
American thriller films
English-language thriller films