Spinning Man

2018 "What you believe, what you know, is all how you spin it."
5.7| 1h40m| R| en
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Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished university. When a female student goes missing, police Detective Malloy has reason to be suspicious when crucial evidence makes Evan the prime suspect in her disappearance.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
MusicChat It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.
Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
jesper-09471 I was shocked when the movie ended. What a twist.Guy Pearce is our main person in this one, and he actually makes a decent performance. But as far as Guy Pearce acting-skills go, this was probably the limit for what he could have done. He's just not that good.Pierce Brosnan however seems calm and relaxed during this movie, and to be fair, he steals the show from our main person. Pierce has unfortunately been away from the roles he can deliver in, for quite some time. After James Bond, the next highlight was The Matador, then it was Mamma Mia, then it was The Ghost Writer, then The November Man, then it was The Foreigner (which was a movie he really excelled in!) and then this one. We have some good acting performances in this one, the movie is just not strong enough to really execute the intense build up. It perhaps should have been a television series? With the court involved and things like that. But the movie was enjoyable, and that is the most important thing.
douglaswetzel Was an engaging movie up until the ending, when it ran off the rails and was disappointingly vague & floundering. Watching the directors narration still did not answer many obvious questions.
Dave McClain "Spinning Man" (R, 1:40) is a drama-mystery-thriller directed by Swedish television director Simon Kaijser and written by Matthew Aldrich ("Cleaner", "Coco") based on a novel by George Harrar. The film received a limited release in U.S. theaters on April 6, 2018, the same day it was available via VOD.Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner Guy Pearce plays Evan Birch, a college professor with a history of having affairs with his students... most recently, an intelligent and beautiful coed named Anna (Alexandra Shipp). Evan teaches a class called Philosophy of Language and many of the conversations he has involve word play and/or abstract philosophical concepts - including when he talks with his young daughter, Zelda (Eliza Pryor), his longsuffering wife, Ellen (Oscar nominee Minnie Driver)... or the police.Golden Globe nominee Pierce Brosnan is Detective Malloy, who is investigating the disappearance of a student named Joyce (Odeya Rush). When details of Professor Birch's extracurricular romantic history surface, along with information about his possible connection with the missing girl, Malloy naturally focuses on Evan as his prime suspect... but getting straight answers from the good professor proves... challenging. Even as the questions about the young woman's fate and whether Evan has anything to do with this case are answered, other questions emerge about the professor's past, present... and future."Spinning Man" is an unusual and frustrating film. The use of language, not just by the characters, but almost as a character in its own right, is sometimes clever, but too often annoying. The plot is fairly unpredictable, but the answers the story gives us are a combination of surprising, open-ended and... yes, annoying (especially regarding the symbolism referenced in the title of the film and revealed as it ends). The film is short on entertainment value and even shorter on meaning. "C-"
hallbanks The movie kept me in constant questioning about who the killer was. However, the end left me confused and felt rushed and blended in a way that couldn't be followed. It was an interesting concept, poorly executed. There were too many flashbacks and too much future and present footage that was blended in a way that was hard to be followed. There was a lot of questions unanswered. This film isn't amazing, but it isn't terrible. It's just an average movie.