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Overall Rank: 16310
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 7
Theatrical Release Date: 08/17/2018
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 10/16/2018
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rodrigo Cortés
Actors: AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, Taylor Russell, Rebecca Front, Rosie Day
Plot: Kit, a troubled teen is sent to a unique boarding school where she is joined by four other, equally troubled, girls. The headmistress quickly takes their phones and with no Internet, their days are filled with a curriculum based on the arts and mathematics. But as each girls seems to begin to excel in a specific subject, but also seem to get more and more preoccupied and distant. Kit figures out all the girls have a strange connection to someone they have lost - a connection that is amplified at this school - and a dark secret is about to be discovered. -- Chris Kavan
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Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/10/2018
Down a Dark Hall features a pretty outstanding cast of young actresses. Both AnnaSophia Robb and Isabelle Fuhrman have excelled in several roles - from heartfelt to horror to huge blockbusters. You have Uma Thurman, no stranger to challenging roles and some exiting newcomers in Victoria Moroles and Taylor Russell. Combined, this mostly female-driven cast (still a rarity among films - let alone thrillers) is the best part about the film.
The story starts off solid - troubled young woman Kit (Robb) has been acting out for years following the death of her father (David Elliot). After going through every option her mother (Kirsty Mitchell) and step-father (Jim Sturgeon) finally decide to send her to an all-girls school, Blackwood, designed to help her with these issue. Upon arriving a day …
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