The Pale Blue Eye

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Synopsis

West Point, 1830. A world-weary detective is hired to discreetly investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case — a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Cast

  • Christian Bale
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Harry Melling
  • Lucy Boynton
  • Fred Hechinger
  • Robert Duvall
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg
  • Charlie Tahan
  • Timothy Spall
  • Toby Jones

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In my humble opinion..the actor who portrayed E.A.Poe is Oscar worthy.

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Metacritic

38
Dec 22, 2022

The film often feels like one of the corpses in its story: cold, lifeless, and without a heart.

Metacritic review by Derek Smith
Derek Smith
Slant Magazine
60
Dec 22, 2022

As things turn out, this case turns on a rather ridiculous coincidence: but never mind, it’s an entertaining piece of counter-factual noir.

Metacritic review by Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
83
Dec 22, 2022

It may be Cooper’s best historical film, and perhaps that’s because there’s a distinct melancholy to it that is etched into the bones of Virginia’s finest—just like Poe.

Maggie Lovitt
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