Film Review – Dark Places

Last year there was “Gone Girl,” which was the first of author Gillian Flynn’s books to hit the big screen. “Dark Places” is the second wave of domestic disaster from the writer, returning to a place of mental illness and gamesmanship, only here the mystery is more of a “Clue” scenario than a gradual unleashing of psychosis. “Dark Places” isn’t quite as engaging as “Gone Girl,” weirdly sharing similar problems with pacing, but it does offer a few charged encounters that hit heights of suspense and pull decent performances out of the cast. It’s not nearly as buzz-worthy as Flynn’s previous adaption, but the movie manages to find its own toxic perspective. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com