Eat your heart out, Hercule Poirot and Benoit Blanc. Here comes Edgar.
This moodpiece was a positive surprise. It shouldn't have been. Because I have become very fond of Scott Coopers work. 'Crazy Heart' (2009), 'Out of the Furnace' (2013) and 'Hostiles' (2017) were all very, very well-written dramas, with plenty of emotional beats. Hence it would have been more of a surprise if 'The Pale Blue Eye' wasn't, too: a well-written drama. If you are expecting a on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller, this ain't it!
It does have a high production value, a great script and phenomenal acting by the cast, though. Harry Melling gives an Oscar-worthy performance portraying famous poet, Edgar Allan Poe, who assists the protagonist played by Christian Bale, solving a murder mystery in a military academy 200 years ago.
This moodpiece was a positive surprise. It shouldn't have been. Because I have become very fond of Scott Coopers work. 'Crazy Heart' (2009), 'Out of the Furnace' (2013) and 'Hostiles' (2017) were all very, very well-written dramas, with plenty of emotional beats. Hence it would have been more of a surprise if 'The Pale Blue Eye' wasn't, too: a well-written drama. If you are expecting a on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller, this ain't it!
It does have a high production value, a great script and phenomenal acting by the cast, though. Harry Melling gives an Oscar-worthy performance portraying famous poet, Edgar Allan Poe, who assists the protagonist played by Christian Bale, solving a murder mystery in a military academy 200 years ago.