Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Seven strangers. Seven secrets. All roads lead here.
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Bad Times at the El Royale rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.1/10· 177K votes
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic60%
TMDb6.845/10· 4K votesWith 75% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 60/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Bad Times at the El Royale
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
Cast of Bad Times at the El Royale
Jeff Bridges
as Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly
Cynthia Erivo
as Darlene Sweet
Lewis Pullman
as Miles Miller
Dakota Johnson
as Emily Summerspring
Cailee Spaeny
as Rose Summerspring
Jon Hamm
as Laramie Seymour Sullivan / Dwight Broadbeck
Chris Hemsworth
as Billy Lee
Nick Offerman
as Felix O'Kelly
Xavier Dolan
as Buddy Sunday
Shea Whigham
as Dr. Woodbury Laurence
Mark O'Brien
as Larsen Rogers
Charles Halford
as Sammy Wilds
Bad Times at the El Royale facts
- Budget
- $32M
- Box office
- $31.9M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •1960s casino setting creates stylish atmosphere for mystery thriller
- •Complex character ensemble adds layers to crime narrative structure
- •Drew Goddard weaves audio tape mystery through interconnected storylines
What the audience disliked
- •Hippie subplot feels tangential to central casino intrigue plot
- •Concierge mystery resolution becomes overly convoluted for resolution satisfaction
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