Fresh
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.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
The Tall Man
Fear takes a new shape
2012 · 1h 46m · R
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Pascal Laugier
Overview
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Director and cast
- Pascal Laugier Director
- Jessica Biel as Julia Denning
- Jodelle Ferland as Jenny
- Stephen McHattie as Lt Dodd
- William B. Davis as Sheriff Chestnut
- Samantha Ferris as Tracy
- Colleen Wheeler as Mrs. Johnson
- Eve Harlow as Christine
- Janet Wright as Trish
- Ferne Downey as Lady / Mrs. Parker Leigh
- John Mann as Douglas
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Long on atmosphere and short on sense, "The Tall Man" becomes less gripping as it grows more ridiculous.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
"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.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
"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 almost equal measure.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
The movie itself draws on too long, and eventually goes past at least two potential endings and heads right into the ridiculous.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
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