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Synopsis

Straddling the state line between California and Nevada is a rundown hotel and casino with a dark past all its own. At the El Royale, nothing is what it seems – not even the guests. Over the course of a single fateful night in 1969, seven strangers – a priest (Jeff Bridges), a singer (Cynthia Erivo), a vacuum cleaner salesman (Jon Hamm), a pair of Southern sisters (Dakota Johnson, Cailee Spaeny), and even a cult leader (Chris Hemsworth) – will check in. But in this secretive neon-drenched noir, how many of them will check back out? Written and directed by Drew Goddard, Bad Times at the El Royale also stars Lewis Pullman, Manny Jacinto, and Nick Offerman. The film marks the first time Goddard has worked with star Chris Hemsworth since 2012’s The Cabin in the Woods.

Cast

  • Jeff Bridges
  • Cynthia Erivo
  • Dakota Johnson
  • Jon Hamm
  • Chris Hemsworth
  • Cailee Spaeny
  • Lewis Pullman
  • Nick Offerman
  • Xavier Dolan
  • Shea Whigham

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Verified Review
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Boring wana be Tarantino film on a McDonald’s budget

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The ending didn’t do it for me.

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Metacritic

60
Oct 12, 2018

As with his first directorial effort, the ace meta-horror The Cabin in the Woods, Goddard has a blast toying with genre expectations, although here the payoff is a lot less satisfying.

Phil de Semlyen
Time Out
50
Oct 12, 2018

Bad Times at the El Royale isn’t an event. But I was never too bored.

Metacritic review by David Edelstein
David Edelstein
New York Magazine (Vulture)
38
Oct 11, 2018

The direction is similarly yearning; practically begging for admiration. A sequence in which Hemsworth swishes toward the camera, piece of pie in hand, grooving to the strains of Deep Purple’s Hush, is so desperate in its attempt to appear iconic that it becomes difficult to watch head-on.

Metacritic review by John Semley
John Semley
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)