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About this movie

Genres:
Horror
Language:
English
Running time:
1:45:40
Partner rating:
R
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Jessica Biel
  2. Jodelle Ferland
  3. Stephen McHattie
  4. William B. Davis
  5. Samantha Ferris

Directors

  1. Pascal Laugier

Producers

  1. Rhonda Baker
  2. Jessica Biel
  3. David Cormican
  4. Gerard Damaer
  5. Thierry Desmichelle
  6. Kevin DeWalt
  7. Lisa Donahue
  8. Becki Hui
  9. Scott Kennedy
  10. Jean-Charles Levy
  11. Nicolas Manuel
  12. Clément Miserez
  13. Mark Montague
  14. Olivier Piasentin
  15. Steven Schneider
  16. Lionel Uzan
  17. Matthieu Warter
  18. Frank White

Writers

  1. Pascal Laugier

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The Tall Man

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Darkness has descended over the northwestern town of Cold Rock. One by one, its children are disappearing. They leave behind neither clues nor credible witnesses, but instead a legend, a story cloaked in shadows passed from neighbor to neighbor ... And with it, a building sense of terror which threatens to devour what's left of the community itself. Superstitious locals talk of "The Tall Man," a mysterious figure who takes the children away, n... Darkness has descended over the northwestern town of Cold Rock. One by one, its children are disappearing. They leave behind neither clues nor credible witnesses, but instead a legend, a story cloaked in shadows passed from neighbor to neighbor ... And with it, a building sense of terror which threatens to devour what's left of the community itself. Superstitious locals talk of "The Tall Man," a mysterious figure who takes the children away, never to be seen again. But Julia Denning (Jessica Biel) has no time for legends or superstitions. A nurse doing her best for the emotionally distraught and economically devastated former mining town, she tries instead to preserve a semblance of normality both at work and at home. Until terror enters her own front door. Waking up in the middle of the night, she races to her child's bedroom, only to discover an empty bed -- and a hulking specter in the downstairs doorway who steals off into the darkness with her boy (Jakob Davies). As Julia follows in pursuit, she will stop at nothing and will risk everything to save him. Joined by determined investigator, Lt. Dodd (Stephen McHattie) and the child's local sheriff (William B. Davis), the chase is on and with it the quest for answers: Who is "The Tall Man"? What has become of the children? Soon, the town of Cold Rock will have the answers it so desperately seeks, answers that will shake the community to its core. A suspense-filled thriller like no other, THE TALL MAN mines a corrosive world of fear and terror before ultimately revealing its own unimaginable truth.

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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'rotten' by Rotten Tomatoes

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  1. Positive review
    Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger If you're a parent who ever, for one cold-sweat second, lost sight of your child at a playground - "The Tall Man" will tap into your darkest fears. And then make them even darker. – Full review External link
  2. Negative review
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times Long on atmosphere and short on sense, "The Tall Man" becomes less gripping as it grows more ridiculous. – Full review External link
  3. Negative review
    Kyle Smith, New York Post "The Tall Man" spits out enough scares and twists to maintain our interest, but the film's psycho-sociological layer is almost as cheesy and unconvincing as its low-rent action scenes. – Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times "The Tall Man" opens like a ghost story and closes with its feet firmly in the real world. Until then, Pascal Laugier's chilly little thriller manhandles our sympathies and gladdens our eyes in... – Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News The movie itself draws on too long, and eventually goes past at least two potential endings and heads right into the ridiculous. – Full review External link
  6. Negative review
    Jordan Hoffman, Film.com I like to imagine the pitch meeting for "The Tall Man" as something like this: "It will be like 'Twin Peaks,' only absolutely terrible on every level." – Full review External link

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