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Asylum

Play trailer Poster for Asylum R,  2005,  1h 36m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 36% 89 Reviews Tomatometer 42% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
36% Tomatometer 89 Reviews 42% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
An administrator's bored wife (Natasha Richardson) begins a torrid affair with an institutionalized artist (Marton Csokas) who beat his wife to death.
Asylum

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Critics Consensus

This catastrophic adaptation of Patrick McGrath's novel gets sillier and more implausible as it goes along.

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Tom Long Detroit News Sep 16, 2005
B-
Patrick McGrath's screenplay, based on his novel, has moments big and small, delivered in appropriate dollops of awfulness. Go to Full Review
Terry Lawson Detroit Free Press Sep 16, 2005
3/4
It's a movie you fall for or you don't, and like Stella, I am not ashamed I did. Go to Full Review
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune Sep 15, 2005
2/4
Once characters' actions lose credibility, it's hard to empathize with them, no matter how well the roles are played. Go to Full Review
Kaleem Aftab The List Apr 26, 2019
1/5
What could have been an interesting horror character study... is destroyed by tortuously labored dialogue and a sluggish pace. Go to Full Review
Prairie Miller Long Island Press Mar 26, 2007
A little like Jack the Ripper in outer space. Go to Full Review
Rex Roberts Film Journal International Feb 22, 2007
Despite a superb cast, artful set design and seductive cinematography, Asylum remains a lovingly lensed missed opportunity. Go to Full Review
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David Mackenzie

Director

Natasha Richardson

Stella

Ian McKellen

Peter Cleave

Marton Csokas

Csokas

Hugh Bonneville

Max Raphael

Judy Parfitt

Brenda Raphael

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Movie Info

Synopsis An administrator's bored wife (Natasha Richardson) begins a torrid affair with an institutionalized artist (Marton Csokas) who beat his wife to death.
Director
David Mackenzie
Producer
David E. Allen, Laurie Borg
Screenwriter
Patrick Marber, Patrick McGrath
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Zephyr Films
Rating
R (Some Violence|Brief Language|Strong Sexuality)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 12, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$374.9K
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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