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    " The darkest place is within…"
    Country
    Spoken Language
    Runtime 1 hr 32 min
    Premiere: World $153 270 April 8, 2021
    Premiere: USA April 8, 2021
    Digital: World September 5, 2021
    Parental Advisory
    • Violence & Gore

      average

    • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

      few

    • Sex & Nudity

      few

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    Description

    In 1970s London, a trainee nurse spends her first night at a hospital during power outages, where she is haunted by a supernatural presence.

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    Critique: 15

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    RogerEbert.com April 8, 2021

    Most of the items on [its] formulaic checklist are used well enough, but none of them are surprising or so well-realized that they’re still c...

    The Guardian April 7, 2021

    A raw and painful watch.

    Screen International April 5, 2021

    There’s a dark, enticing world at play in the Stygian gloom of a rambling Victorian-era East End hospital at night which will be a...

    Finds Willem Dafoe pulling off an acting tour de force as the deteriorating, emotionally and mentally unstable artist.

    Los Angeles Times April 8, 2021

    [W]hile Williams and Faith do a fine job of capturing the frustrating powerlessness of a low-wage-earning woman in a sexist and classist socie...

    Decider April 8, 2021

    The peculiarity of the setting and the overall mood make it worth an evening watch.

    New York Times April 8, 2021

    The film stumbles in delivering a cohesive vision.

    Empire Magazine April 8, 2021

    Smart special effects, atmospheric visuals and an impressive physical performance from Williams enhance this timely ghost story but the horror does...

    indieWire April 9, 2021

    "The Power" is built on subtle elements, but the director’s more ambitious jumps are just as electrifying.

    Film International April 12, 2021

    The Power is a masterclass of the contemporary feminist horror film, a movie that simultaneously looks back at the past to tell us urgent, imp...

    Bloody Disgusting April 6, 2021

    Faith uses a familiar period ghost story as a foundation to create an emotionally powerful tale full of claustrophobic dread and nyctophobic-i...

    Vulture August 11, 2021

    Mikkelsen manages to simultaneously lean into and dismantle tough-guy tropes while playing a stoic soldier reeling from the death of his wife in&nb...

    film.avclub.com April 13, 2021

    The movie’s period spookiness and its #MeToo outrage have virtually nothing to do each with other, diminishing the efficacy of both and makin...

    Pajiba April 9, 2021

    A ruthlessly efficient screenplay is realized with vision and viciousness.

    An eerie chiller…great soundtrack, but the thing it really gets right is that it has its own atmosphere.

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    An overly formulaic and predictable jump scare that received a medal from critics, obviously, solely for its anti-abuse theme – here ghosts help the living to take revenge on the damned rapist doctor! Terry mitu without depth and interesting characters.

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