Storyline
In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a successful architect married to the beautiful Clara who leads a seemingly perfect life. But his fascination with an unsolved murder leads him into a spiral of chaos as he is forced to play cat-and-mouse with a clever killer and an overambitious detective, while at the same time lusting after another woman.
Directors
Cast
Jessica Biel, Mark Stacey White, Eddie Marsan, Haley Bennett, Patrick Wilson, Vincent Kartheiser, Ken Strunk, Lare Roberts, Christine Dye, Gary Chinn, William Cross, Michael Joseph Thomas Ward, William Willet, Philip Krinsky, Samantha Russell, Jon Osbeck, Michelle Dobrozsi, Lucas Bentley, Corrie Danieley, Radek Lord, Jennifer Enskat, Emily Scott, Barry Mulholland, Ian Short, Jerry Rowlands, Kelly Mengelkoch, Buz Davis, Richard Hagerman, Michael Hall, Chris Bortz, Dylan Keith Adams, Tyler Beaty, Liberty Clark, Juliane Collins, Bobbi Feinauer Combs, Jerry Gallagher, Robert Gerding, Dennis Craig Hensley, Chris Hill, Carli Hudson, Yosiah Johnson, Misty M. Jump, Angel Kerns, David Kettlehake, Karen Koester, Michael Laurianti, Lizzy Leigh, Philip McDaniel, Lana McDonald, Kenneth Meyer, Steve Moore, Lon Nease, Jim Owens, David Pittinger, DJ Plunkett, Derek Polen, Charles Poole, Michelle Poole, Ryan Poole, Joanne Popolin, Kaitlyn Rawlings, K.D. Richardson, Carrington Rowe, Brian D. Schroeder, Lew Sleeman, Jim Waldfogle, Steven Terry Walker, Peggy Warner, Angie Willmott
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Reviews
70
While thrills are mitigated by convoluted plotting and suspect character behavior, the film’s uniquely bleak twist on classic noir conventions is enlivening.
63
Slant Magazine
The film seems more interested in its art design then in fully developing the story's underlying sexual ethics.
60
There’s too much that’s intriguing in this film to ignore it, and although the third act shows signs of strain, the first two acts more than justify the film’s existence.
50
As its quickly stumbles through its crimes and clues, A Kind of Murder leaves you with the uneasy feeling that a promising mystery has simply been designed to death.
50
The story remains an academic argument, struggling to pierce the handsome surface.
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