A Kind of Murder

A Kind of Murder

2016 · 96 min · EN · 5.3 (221 votes)
Dir. Andy Goddard · Starring Patrick Wilson, Jessica Biel, Haley Bennett, Eddie Marsan, Vincent Kartheiser, Lucas Bentley · Music Danny Bensi
DramaThrillerCrime

In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a rich, successful architect and unhappily married to the beautiful but damaged Clara. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife. When Walter and Kimmel's lives become dangerously intertwined, a ruthless police detective becomes convinced he has found the murderer. But as the lines blur between innocence and intent, who, in fact, is the real killer?

VIBE

A stylish, unsettling descent into the mind of a man consumed by dark desires. It's a slow, creeping dread, wrapped in 1960s New York atmosphere, where suspicion and obsession blur the lines of morality.

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