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Rebecca
Official promotional poster
Directed byBen Wheatley
Screenplay by
Based onRebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLaurie Rose
Edited byJonathan Amos
Music byClint Mansell
Production
company
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) (United Kingdom)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Rebecca is a 2020 British romantic thriller film directed by Ben Wheatley from a screenplay by Jane Goldman, Joe Shrapnel, and Anna Waterhouse. The film is based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier and stars Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tom Goodman-Hill, Keeley Hawes, Sam Riley, and Ann Dowd.

Rebecca was released in select theatres on 16 October 2020, and digitally on Netflix on 21 October 2020.

Premise

A newly married young woman finds herself battling the shadow of her husband's dead first wife, the mysterious Rebecca.

Cast

Production

It was announced in November 2018 that Lily James and Armie Hammer were cast in the film, to be directed by Ben Wheatley while Netflix will distribute.[1] In May 2019, Kristin Scott Thomas, Keeley Hawes, Ann Dowd, Sam Riley and Ben Crompton joined the cast of the film.[2][3]

Filming began on 3 June 2019.[4] Cranborne Manor in Dorset was used for filming in July 2019.[citation needed] Filming took place at Hartland Quay in Devon in the end of July 2019.[5]

Release

Rebecca was released into select British theaters on 16 October 2020, and is scheduled to be released digitally on Netflix worldwide on 21 October 2020.[6][7]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 53% based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 5.67/10. The website’s critics consensus reads: "Ben Wheatley's Rebecca remake is ravishing to behold, but it never quite gets to the heart of the classic source material -- or truly justifies its own existence."[8] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote: "You can feel Wheatley... wanting to submit to the full bacchanalian horror of this sequence, and yet the story itself won't let him. This Rebecca leaves us with a secondary mystery – why precisely Wheatley wanted to do it."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lily James, Armie Hammer To Star In ‘Rebecca’ From Director Ben Wheatley
  2. ^ N’Duka, Amanda (May 9, 2019). "Kristin Scott Thomas Joins Lily James, Armie Hammer In 'Rebecca'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Keeley Hawes, Ann Dowd, Sam Riley & Ben Crompton Join Ben Wheatley’s Netflix Feature ‘Rebecca’
  4. ^ ‘Overlord’ and ‘Free Fire’ Cinematographer Laurie Rose Expected To Reunite With Director Ben Wheatley For ‘Rebecca’
  5. ^ Cooper, Joel (2019-06-26). "Filming of Netflix blockbuster Rebecca will close beauty spot". devonlive. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  6. ^ a b "Rebecca review – overdressed and underpowered romantic thriller". The Guardian. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. ^ Sneider, Jeff (31 July 2020). "Armie Hammer and Lily James Get Gothic in First Images from Ben Wheatley's 'Rebecca'". Collider. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Rebecca (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Rebecca (2020) Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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