Rotten
It's 'Shutter Island' in the Scottish Highlands with this initially intriguing, ultimately depressing Victorian-era madhouse drama.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Stonehearst Asylum
No one is what they seem.
2014 · 1h 52m · PG-13
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Brad Anderson
Overview
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Director and cast
- Brad Anderson Director
- Kate Beckinsale as Eliza Graves
- Jim Sturgess as Edward Newgate
- David Thewlis as Mickey Finn
- Michael Caine as Dr. Salt
- Brendan Gleeson as The Alienist
- Ben Kingsley as Silas Lamb
- Sinéad Cusack as Mrs. Pike
- Jason Flemyng as Swanwick
- Sophie Kennedy Clark as Millie
- Christopher Fulford Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
On the surface, Anderson seems to have all the necessary pieces for a surreal psycho pop. But the fear factor eludes him, leaving "Stonehearst Asylum" more insipid than insane.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
All involved deserve better, particularly Poe.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
Shockingly flabby ...
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
If you accept the grandly Gothic insanity here, there's a lot of fun to be had.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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