Eileen

"Crime has never felt so intoxicating."

2023 1h 38m EN

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5.8

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81%

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5.9

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★5.8TMDB · 426🍅81%Rotten Tomatoes●72Metacritic★5.9IMDB · 19,345

ThrillerCrime

Synopsis

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During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.

“Crime has never felt so intoxicating.”

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Cast

Thomasin McKenzie
Eileen Dunlop
Anne Hathaway
Rebecca
Shea Whigham
Jim Dunlop
Sam Nivola
Lee Polk
Marin Ireland
Mrs. Polk
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Mrs. Murray
Tonye Patano
Mrs. Stevens
William Hill
Intake Guard

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Oldroyd
Writers: Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 10% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Directed by William Oldroyd, shot by Ari Wegner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Reed Parry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nick Emerson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway and Shea Whigham carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Crime has never felt so intoxicating.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

William Oldroyd directs. Ari Wegner behind the camera. Richard Reed Parry scores. Nick Emerson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 10% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 3 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by William Oldroyd, shot by Ari Wegner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Richard Reed Parry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nick Emerson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway and Shea Whigham carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Crime has never felt so intoxicating.".
9IMDB entry: tt5198890 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 29 themes, including "prison", "sexual abuse", "based on novel or book", "winter".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ari Wegner
Original score: Richard Reed Parry
Editing: Nick Emerson
Production design: Craig Lathrop
Costume design: Olga Mill
Makeup / hair: Anouck Sullivan
VFX supervisor: Lucien Harriot
Sound: Lewis Goldstein
Stunt coordinator: Drew Leary
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $16,000,000
Box office: $1,560,142
Return: 10% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Eileen (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 81% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 72/100
IMDB rating: 5.9/10 · 19,345 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 win & 8 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2023-12-02
★ 6/10
Thomasin McKenzie is quite good as the eponymous, rather timid, prison secretary who lives a rather pedestrian life watching the couples make out in the car-park, or fantasising about a quickie with one of her colleagues, before returning home to her retired cop/dipso father replete with two bottles! The arrival of new psychologist "Rebecca" (Anne Hathaway) injects a little life into her dull routine. This assertive sophisticate takes an interest in "Eileen", they go for a drink - there's even some flirting - before "Rebecca" shares a secret with her new friend that involves a young man in prison accused of the brutal murder of his father, and of just what his mother might know of the crime and it's causes. The first hour is quite intriguing but that sense of anticipation is let down by a last half hour that is really quite undercooked and the denouement, well that is just incomplete - on just about every level. The acting and writing is fine - nothing more, but I left the screening thinking that something was missing. What exactly was the point here? It's a good looking film - effort has certainly gone into the aesthetic but I'm not sure I'm really any the wiser.
Brent Marchant2024-02-14
★ 4/10
Rarely have I seen a film as implausible, unfocused and meandering as this second feature outing from director William Oldroyd. After an impressive debut with “Lady Macbeth” (2016), the filmmaker has stumbled seriously in this latest effort, a supposed psychological mystery/thriller that never finds traction and yet somehow manages to go wildly off the rails in the final act. This cinematic misfire examines the relationship that develops between two women who work at a young men’s prison in 1960s small town Massachusetts. Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) is a reserved, awkward, often-bullied, sexually repressed administrative assistant, and Rebecca (Anne Hathaway) is the facility’s newly hired, sophisticated, worldly, Harvard-educated psychologist. They quickly strike up a close yet somewhat unlikely bond with less-than-subtle (but apparently never-consummated) sexual overtones, a story thread that seems to be heading somewhere but never does. In large part that’s because the protagonists end up becoming involved in a hare-brained scheme worthy of Lucy and Ethel, only with significant implications, a scenario that comes out of left field and sends the narrative into serious, unexplained head-scratching territory. While the picture features a fine production design, a palette of creative cinematography, and capable Independent Spirit Award-nominated supporting performances by Hathaway and Marin Ireland, there’s not much else here that’s engaging, riveting or worthwhile, elements essential to a good mystery/thriller offering. Whatever the filmmaker was going for here obviously never comes to fruition, thanks to either its poorly composed script or its mishandled execution (or a combination thereof). Indeed, this is one of those films where virtually the entire project truly would have been better off left on the cutting room floor.