Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her - and their young son - from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen's appearance thrust... (Full plot summary below)
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Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) is a fishing boat captain leading tours off a tranquil, tropical enclave called Plymouth Island. His quiet life is shattered, however, when his ex-wife Karen (Anne Hathaway) tracks him down with a desperate plea for help. She begs Dill to save her - and their young son - from her new, violent husband (Jason Clarke) by taking him out to sea on a fishing excursion, only to throw him to the sharks and leave him for dead. Karen's appearance thrusts Dill back into a life he'd tried to forget, and as he struggles between right and wrong, his world is plunged into a new reality that may not be all that it seems.
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| Austin American-StatesmanJoe GrossThe more one thinks about it, the more one can see a cast with this kind of talent reading the script and thinking, "Okay, that's kind of cool and trippy and MIGHT work if it's executed correctly." Alas, it is not. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAn extremely silly treatment of a very serious subject, and an irritating puzzle to boot...an elaborate charade, the explanation for which will probably infuriate most viewers. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumChris BumbrayIncredibly goofy thriller ruined by a twist destined to make it a camp classic for all the wrong reasons. |
| Consequence of SoundAllison ShoemakerSerenity is often stylish. It is never, ever dull. It is also deeply stupid. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfThere are certainly few pictures like it, but such oddity can't pull "Serenity" out of the tailspin it eventually finds itself in. |
| Original CinKim HughesConceptually ambitious and sporadically entertaining but more often confusing and ultimately kind of dumb, Serenity must have seemed appealingly high-minded on the page. But the zigzagging new thriller lands with a thud despite a skilled cast and writer/director Steven Knight’s commendable desire to scribble outside the lines of conventional narrative. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyIt wants to be trashy, pulpy fun that toys with your mind and your expectations. Sadly, it just ends up insulting both. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThe spiritual angle in Serenity is just one of the many elements making this one of the most ambitious, one of the most challenging — and one of the most entertaining thrillers in recent years. |
| The Only CriticNate AdamsObnoxious and painfully dull, "Serenity" is an early candidate for worst film of 2019 |
| Globe and MailBarry HertzFrom its intense beginnings to its what-really-c’mon-no-reallllllly-c’mon mid-film twist to its defiantly and successfully sentimental finale, the new Matthew McConaughey vehicle is playing by its own demented rules. When it deigns to care about rules. |
