The Royal Hotel
Film details
| Film Title | The Royal Hotel |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 91mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Director | Kitty Green |
| Actors | Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving, Daniel Henshall, Ursula Yovich, Toby Wallace, James Frecheville, Herbert Nordrum, Alex Malone, Barbara Lowing, Adam MacNeill, Kate Cheel, Bree Bain, Baykali Ganambarr, Nic Darrigo |
| Language | English, Swedish |
| Showings |
After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
A psychological thriller, it’s all the more tense for Green’s smart understatement of the genre elements.
★★★★★
Green gets us looking for danger in every scene — and we usually find it. She’s taken us here, to this extremely specific place, to sharpen our awareness of the tiniest red flags that flap around the globe.
★★★★
Laughter and wails are almost interchangeable. That tension makes the film excruciating but exciting; like the characters, the viewer has to try to suss out what is a danger and what is just a good time.
★★★★
