This is my movie review for "Bad Times at the El Royale", released September 27, 2018 at the Fantastic Fest in Texas, United States of America. I watched this on January 23, 2020.
I originally was interested in this movie because of Jeff Bridges (who also played The Dude in "The Big Lebowski" and Kevin Flynn in "Tron: Legacy") and Chris Hemsworth (Thor in the Avengers/Thor movies).
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Run Time: 2 Hours and 21 Minutes
Trailer
Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated
Notable Cast
Jeff Bridges ... Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
Cynthia Erivo ... Darlene Sweet
Dakota Johnson ... Emily Summerspring
Jon Hamm ... Laramie Seymour Sullivan
Chris Hemsworth ... Billy Lee
Cailee Spaeny ... Rose Summerspring
Lewis Pullman ... Miles Miller
Nick Offerman ... Felix O'Kelly
Xavier Dolan ... Buddy Sunday
Shea Whigham ... Dr. Woodbury Laurence
Mark O'Brien ... Larsen Rogers
Plot
Seven strangers end up at a hotel on the state borderline between California and Nevada. The El Royale hotel lets you stay either on one side of the hotel or the other. Each side has its own style, which gives it more appeal. However, these strangers are going to end up having more troubles than just merely "staying at the hotel". Who is telling the truth? Are there murderers amongst the guests? When push comes to shove, what will happen?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
2.5/5 - *SPOILERS*
Piecework movie that did not make much sense. How come all of these small stories were put together? Just to put them together because "all roads lead to the El Royale". One of the worst things was the fact that the clerk was watching through a mirror from a hidden hall behind the rooms. It really made me think of movies like "Vacancy" and "The Resident" where someone was watching someone, either via a hidden hall behind the wall or via a camera. It is really freaky but was unnecessary in this movie.
Chris Hemsworth was pretty hot without the shirt on but his character was terrible and had very little depth aside a jealous cult leader. Jeff Bridges was pretty good for an aging actor playing a guy who has Alzheimers.
The ending was pretty crappy - everyone turned up dead except the singer and the father/robber; the two ended up going to her gig job in Reno so that she could sing even if they had the money that the father/robber had extracted from the hiding spot he had put it in many years ago after a robbery.
I was rather disappointed in this movie. The trailer sounded interesting but it just fell short. This is not a movie for children because there is a lot of violence. If you want a movie with a small location and a handful of stories coming together, I would suggest "Identity" (2003).
Anyways, that's my movie review. Thanks for reading! More reviews to come, so keep an eye out.
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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