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Under the Silver Lake

  • 2018
  • R
  • 2h 19m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
46K
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Andrew Garfield and Riley Keough in Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Sam (Andrew Garfield) is a disenchanted 33-year-old who discovers a mysterious woman, Sarah (Riley Keough), frolicking in his apartment's swimming pool. When she vanishes, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal, and conspiracy in the City of Angels.
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Sam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he... Read allSam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.Sam, a disenchanted young man, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.

  • Director
    • David Robert Mitchell
  • Writer
    • David Robert Mitchell
  • Stars
    • Andrew Garfield
    • Riley Keough
    • Topher Grace
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    46K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,367
    145
    • Director
      • David Robert Mitchell
    • Writer
      • David Robert Mitchell
    • Stars
      • Andrew Garfield
      • Riley Keough
      • Topher Grace
    • 371User reviews
    • 192Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 10 nominations

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    Andrew Garfield
    Andrew Garfield
    • Sam
    Riley Keough
    Riley Keough
    • Sarah
    Topher Grace
    Topher Grace
    • Bar Buddy
    Callie Hernandez
    Callie Hernandez
    • Millicent Sevence
    Wendy Vanden Heuvel
    Wendy Vanden Heuvel
    • Topless Bird Woman
    • (as Wendy Vaden Hueval)
    Deborah Geffner
    Deborah Geffner
    • Mom
    • (voice)
    Riki Lindhome
    Riki Lindhome
    • Actress
    Jeannine Cota
    Jeannine Cota
    • Botox Reporter
    • (as Jennine Cota)
    Chris Gann
    Chris Gann
    • Jefferson Sevence
    Jessica Makinson
    Jessica Makinson
    • Mrs. Sevence
    Reese Hartwig
    Reese Hartwig
    • Sevence Kid #1
    Izzie Coffey
    Izzie Coffey
    • Sevence Kid #2
    Kayla DiVenere
    Kayla DiVenere
    • Sevence Kid #3
    • (as Kayla Di Venere)
    Tucker Meek
    Tucker Meek
    • Sevence Kid #4
    Sky Elobar
    Sky Elobar
    • Clerk
    Stephanie Moore
    • Brunette Roomate
    Sibongile Mlambo
    Sibongile Mlambo
    • Blonde Roommate
    Jackson Gann
    Jackson Gann
    • Stupid Boy #1
    • Director
      • David Robert Mitchell
    • Writer
      • David Robert Mitchell
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The scenes with Sarah (Riley Keough) in the swimming pool are almost exact recreations of scenes from Marilyn Monroe's last film, Something's Got to Give (1962), which was never completed due to her sudden unexpected death. The footage from that film can be found online.
    • Goofs
      When he leaves the bar to go to the crypt downstairs, he forgets the free record, but in the next scene at the table downstairs, he has the record.
    • Quotes

      Bar Buddy: Used to be - a hundred years ago - y'know, any moron could kinda wander into the woods and look behind a rock or some shit and discover some cool new thing, y'know? Not anymore. Where's the mystery that makes everything worthwhile? We crave mystery, 'cause there's none left.

    • Crazy credits
      The final credits contain a card in code, with the key "b=a" in the bottom right corner. Once decoded, the card reads: "A David Robert Mitchell film: Under the Silver Lake."
    • Connections
      Featured in Half in the Bag: Under the Silver Lake (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      Never My Love
      Performed by The Association

      Written by Donald J. Addriel and Richard Addrisi (as Richard P. Addriel)

      Courtesy of Warner Brothers Inc

      By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Liceneing

    User reviews371

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    5/10
    If Mulholland Drive were written by a 9th grader
    Let me preface this by saying I was very excited for this movie. I'm into mysteries, I'm into noir, I'm into giallo, I'm into people making things that are ambitious and unpredictable, I'm a sucker for Riley Keough, and I was a pretty big fan of IT FOLLOWS. But, I never could have imagined this...

    With this film, David Robert Mitchell has basically solidified his position as the world's new Richard Kelly. IT FOLLOWS was his DONNIE DARKO, and THIS is his SOUTHLAND TALES. Southland Tales is the ONLY movie that I find this truly comparable to.

    First, it's strengths: it is astronomically ambitious, unpredictable, and it will go WAY out of it's way to try to be weird. You have to give anyone who is willing to go THAT FAR out on a limb a little bit of credit. But, aside from that, the casting of a few extremely good looking people, and the desire you'll probably feel to continue observing this 2 hour and 20 minute freakshow just to see if the train wreck can get any uglier, the positives end there.

    Now, let's just talk about the most painful parts: Garfield's character is impossible to take seriously the majority of the time. His portrayal of a smelly (people bring up how horrible he smells literally every 5 minutes throughout the film) timid weirdo is awkward in the wrong way - reminds me of Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook - you're trying to be a weirdo but it's not working - I see acting, I see trying. Then, he transforms into the Terminator in some really out-of-place sequences that would be really cool if they didn't make such little sense in their placement. Second, this is a movie about Los Angeles that feels like it was made by someone who only knows as much as tourists know about Los Angeles. The locations are all the most cliche L.A. staples, which serve their purpose, but the majority of the characters feel like ignorant caricatures of what outsiders think L.A. people are like: yoga hippies, music producers, prostitutes, but all depthless interpretations with no inspiration - there is one specific "L.A. party" sequence on a downtown rooftop full of bland L.A. actors trying to portray eccentric L.A. people and it's so off base it feels like a rejected Target commercial.

    It's clear that this movie wants to be Mulholland Drive, but it lacks the conceptual focus, the effective dreamlike surrealism, and the palpable creativity that make that film so masterful. The "homeless king" clearly wishes he was "the mysterious cowboy", but he's not - his crown looks way too cheap. Under The Silver Lake is full of "totally random" characters, scenarios, and cryptic "clues" that eventually tie into EACH OTHER, but still leave you feeling like they all served no plausible purpose in the end, like connecting a bunch of effects pedals with coupler cables but then having no batteries or AC adapter to power them up with.
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    • Dec 5, 2018

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Під Сільвер Лейк
    • Filming locations
      • Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA(Crypt Bar interior)
    • Production companies
      • Vendian Entertainment
      • Stay Gold Features
      • Good Fear Content
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $46,083
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $35,270
      • Apr 21, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,053,469
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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