Storyline
A hard-boiled detective becomes suspicious of an author when the incidents described in his hit novel resemble the inner workings of an unsolved murder.
Directors
Cast
Dominika Bednarczyk, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Marton Csokas, Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Robert Więckiewicz, Vlad Ivanov, Agata Kulesza, Kasia Koleczek, Kati Outinen, Aki Kaurismäki, Piotr Głowacki, Anna Polony, Danuta Kowalska, Lukasz Garlicki, Marcel Sabat, Bartosz Waga, Ruben Bugayong, Mateusz Dewera, Marianna Figurska, Julia Gdula, Pawel Janisow, Zygmunt Jozefczak, Jakub Kaczmarczyk, Michal Kitlinski, Piotr Kosiba, Marta Kownacka, Malgorzata Krukowska, Marcin Molik, Anna Moskal, Kasia Warnke
Trailer
Reviews
50
Regardless of how one might feel about its inherently icky subject matter, Dark Crimes needs more narrative momentum. The cast is game, the production design is impressive and a few surprises await — but even as things heat up, the film somehow remains cold.
40
A good story gets stuck in a puddle of mood in Dark Crimes, a film that strays from its fascinating source — a real-life murder case — into a less successful attempt at noir.
38
Carrey doesn’t deliver any sizzle in this role. Csokas chews him right out of their scenes, and the always soulful Gainsbourg (“Nymphomaniac,” “Antichrist”) lets us think we’re looking right into her horrific past, even if this dull, obvious “mystery” doesn’t seem worthy of any of their talents.
30
IGN
Although inspired by an interesting post-modern true crime story, and featuring an unexpectedly depressive performance from Jim Carrey, Dark Crimes is a dull, dark, depressing film with very little on its mind.
30
Village Voice
This is one very ugly movie at its heart, not for how Englert photographed it but for how bleak and unrelenting the violence is — even that ending can’t dig Dark Crimes out of its dark hole.
