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Separation (2021 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Separation' is a 2021 American supernatural horror film directed by William Brent Bell, from a screenplay by Nick Amadeus and Josh Braun. It stars Rupert Friend, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, Violet McGraw, Simon Quarterman, and Brian Cox. The film follows a father who must take care of his daughter, after his wife, who filed for divorce, suddenly dies in an accident, as the two become haunted by a mysterious entity.
'Separation' was released on April 30, 2021, by Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment. It received mainly negative reviews from critics.
Cast
* Rupert Friend as Jeff Vahn
* Mamie Gummer as Maggie Vahn
* Madeline Brewer as Samantha Nally
* Brian Cox as Paul Rivers
* Violet McGraw as Jenny Vahn
* Simon Quarterman as Alan Ross
* Mark Pettograsso as Brian Cox's stunt double
* Eric Troy Miller as Connor Gibbons
* Manny Perez as Officer Pitt
* Lorrie Odom as Officer Rossi
* Lilah Shreeve as Barista
* Chelsea Debo as Cori
* Kayla Wesley as Young Jenny
* Ratnesh Dubey as Male Paramedic
* Trey Ellett as Dad
* Anna Maria Vargas as Teenage Girl
Production
In October 2018, it was announced Rupert Friend would star in the film, with William Brent Bell directing from a screenplay by Nick Amadeus and Josh Braun. Bell, Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Russ Posternak, Jesse Korman, Clay Pecorin and Russell Geyser, will serve as producers under their Yale Productions and RainMaker Films banners, respectively. In November 2018, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, Brian Cox and Violet McGraw joined the cast of the film.
In early 2020, the film was in final stages of post-production.
Release
In March 2021, Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film, and set it for an April 23, 2021, release. It was then pushed back to April 30, 2021.
Reception
Box office
The film made $1.8 million from 1,751 theaters in its opening weekend, finishing fourth at the box office. It fell 40% in its second weekend to $1.1 million, finishing sixth.Critical response
Audiences surveyed by PostTrak gave the film a 42% positive score, with 27% saying they would definitely recommend it.Nick Schager of 'Variety' called the film's story "a dull and misogynistic affair that imagines multiple types of women as malevolent fiends who terrorize supposedly sympathetic men", and criticized its script and performances. Frank Scheck of 'The Hollywood Reporter' wrote that the film "attempts to inject scares into a 'Kramer vs. Kramer'-inspired scenario", but "squanders its intriguing setup and terrific performances by devolving into familiar genre tropes." A. A. Dowd of 'The A.V. Club' gave the film a D grade, writing: "this bargain-basement thriller approaches both its jack-in-the-box scares and its domestic scenario with the negligence of an unfit parent; it will spook neither the superstitious nor the matrimonially anxious." Brian Tallerico of 'RogerEbert.com' gave the film 0/4 stars, calling it "a movie that fails as both a domestic drama and as a horror flick" and "a viciously misogynistic film that feels like the result of a drunk guy at a bar wondering if his ex-wife is so cruel that she would haunt him from beyond the grave."
References
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