Looking Glass (film)
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| Directed by | Tim Hunter |
| Screenplay by | Jerry Rapp Matthew Wilder |
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| Cinematography | Patrick Cady |
| Edited by | Kristi Shimek |
| Music by | Mark Adler Kristin Gundred |
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| Distributed by | Momentum Pictures |
Release date | February 16, 2018 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Looking Glass is a 2018 American thriller film directed by Tim Hunter and starring Nicolas Cage. It was released in the United States by Momentum Pictures on February 16, 2018.
Plot
A husband and wife grieving the death of their child purchase a desert hotel where they find that mysterious events occur.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Ray
- Robin Tunney as Maggie
- Marc Blucas as Howard
- Ernie Lively as Tommy
- Jacque Gray as Jessica "Room 6"
- Kassia Conway as Strawberry Blonde
- Bill Bolender as Ben
- Kimmy Jimenez as Becky
- Barry Jay Minoff as Gas Station Owner
- Jason K. Wixom as Gas Station Mechanic
- Pascoalina Dunham as Ava
- Sila Agavale as Detective
- Rebecca Beckham as Tommy's Girl #5
Reception
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 17% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10.[1] On Metacritic, which assigns normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 33 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[2]
The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "even the actors' fine efforts cannot rescue Looking Glass from terminal murkiness."[3] Eric Cohn of IndieWire described Nicolas Cage's character as a "bored peeping tom" and called the film "VOD bait"[4] in his negative review. Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the playground in which the film operates "should be enough to make for a satisfyingly disreputable thriller" but that hoping for one "doesn't equal results."[5] Jesse Hessenger of The A.V. Club wrote, "Despite [Cage's] presence and the movie's atmosphere, Looking Glass is just another murder mystery without enough suspects."[6]
Similarity to Gerald Foos
Reviewers, such as Craig Lindsey of the Los Angeles Times,[7] note the similarity of the motel's setup to the case of Gerald Foos, a former motel owner in Colorado who had modified his motel to allow him to spy on most of the rooms. Foos' setup was documented by Gay Talese in the 2016 New Yorker article "The Voyeur's Motel".[8]
References
- ^ "Looking Glass (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ "Looking Glass Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
- ^ Scheck, Frank (February 14, 2018). "'Looking Glass': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Kohn, Eric (February 16, 2018). "Nicolas Cage is a Bored Peeping Tom in VOD Bait 'Looking Glass' — Review". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Abele, Robert (February 15, 2018). "A voyeur, a skeevy motel and Nicolas Cage: 'Looking Glass' aims for Lynchian suspense". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Hassenger, Jesse (February 12, 2018). "Looking Glass will make you nostalgic for when Nic Cage did movies with Brian De Palma". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Lindsey, Craig D. (February 16, 2018). "Looking Glass". Los Angeles Times. LA Weekly. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ Talese, Gay (April 11, 2016). "The Voyeur's Motel". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
