Should you watch Bad Times at the El Royale?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Bad Times at the El Royale
Film · 2018
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
The sides of Bad Times at the El Royale
- Seven strangers in a motel on the state line
- A hidden corridor behind two-way mirrors
- A singer, a priest and money buried under the floor
Bad Times at the El Royale is good for you if…
- you like strangers whose secrets come out one by one in a single night.
- you like a story told from each guest's room in turn.
- you like a singer warming up a cold room with soul songs from 1969.
Bad Times at the El Royale is bad for you if…
- you find nearly two and a half hours too long for one night in a motel.
- you can't stand sudden shootings at close range.
About: redemption · secrets · 1960s America
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