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Piercing( 2019)

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Practice doesn't always make perfect.

Overview

After kissing his wife and baby goodbye for a seemingly normal business trip, Reed checks himself into a hotel room to accomplish something he’s always dreamed of: the perfect murder. As his sinister plans unfold, he soon realizes he might be in over his head with a mysteriously unhinged call girl named Jackie.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Christopher Abbott

      Reed

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      Mia Wasikowska

      Jackie

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      Laia Costa

      Mona

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      Maria Dizzia

      Chevonne

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      Marin Ireland

      Reed's Mother

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      Wendell Pierce

      The Doctor

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      Will Brill

      The Bellhop

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      Paul Nazak

      The Old Man

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      Olivia Bond

      The Bunny Girl

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      Dakota Lustick

      Young Reed

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Stephen Campbell

    5
    Written by Stephen Campbell on Sat Jun 15 2019
    **_Great style, precious little substance_** > _In most movies like this, these sort of psycho, sexual thrillers, the female character is there to be a damsel in distress, there to be naked or there to be killed in a really brutal way. This movie sets up, here's a guy who wants to kill a prostitute, so you think the movie is getting to deliver all those things, but it so doesn't. The beauty of Mia's character is that she doesn't let herself be any of those tropes, she doesn't let herself be a damsel in distress, get killed, be taken advantage of; she really is the one with all the power and_...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • hotel
    • prostitute
    • based on novel or book
    • diary
    • hallucination
    • surrealism
    • escort service
    • hospital
    • psychological thriller
    • married man
    • apartment
    • violence