The Stranger (2022)
- Directed by
- Thomas M. Wright
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, thriller film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 420 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An undercover police officer tries to befriend a man suspected of abducting a child. The officer works to build trust and get a confession.
tenseunderstatedsomberslow-burnbleakpsychologicalbroodingdeliberatemelancholic
What happens
The Stranger is a 2022 Australian psychological crime thriller film written and directed by Thomas M. Wright, starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris. Based on the non-fiction book The Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer by Kate Kyriacou, and inspired by the investigation of the murder of Daniel Morcombe. The film tells the story of this investigation, a child abduction case, focusing on an undercover police officer (Edgerton) in a sting operation tasked with getting close to and forming a friendship with the prime suspect (Harris). The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, under the Un Certain Regard section. It had a limited theatrical release in Australia by Transmission Films on 6 October 2022 and streamed worldwide on Netflix on 19 October. The film received positive reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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