The Pale Blue Eye (2022)
Every heart tells a tale.
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The Pale Blue Eye rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.6/10· 139K votes
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic56%
TMDb6.806/10· 2K votesWith 62% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 56/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About The Pale Blue Eye
West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.
Cast of The Pale Blue Eye
Christian Bale
as Augustus Landor
Harry Melling
as Edgar Allan Poe
Lucy Boynton
as Lea Marquis
Toby Jones
as Dr. Daniel Marquis
Simon McBurney
as Captain Hitchcock
Timothy Spall
as Superintendent Thayer
Robert Duvall
as Jean-Pepe
Harry Lawtey
as Artemus Marquis
Gillian Anderson
as Julia Marquis
Charlotte Gainsbourg
as Patsy
Hadley Robinson
as Mattie
Fred Hechinger
as Cadet Randolph Ballinger
The Pale Blue Eye facts
- Budget
- $72M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Gothic atmosphere and period detail create immersive historical mystery setting
- •Detective narrative maintains engaging tension throughout entire runtime
- •Dark tone and literary adaptation appeal to mystery enthusiasts
What the audience disliked
- •Convoluted plot twists become increasingly difficult to follow
- •Character motivations feel disconnected from emotional authenticity
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