
The thirty and something years old psychiatrist Dr. Samantha Goodman has an incurable brain tumor that has just started to grow. Felling totally stressed, she decides to spend the weekend in her cottage with her husband, the writer David Goodman, and her sister Melody. She unexpectedly arrives in the cabin and finds a bottle of champagne in the refrigerator. Later, a young man, Adrian, asks for help due to the cold weather and once in the house, he shows a gun and brings his ... (Full plot summary below)
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The thirty and something years old psychiatrist Dr. Samantha Goodman has an incurable brain tumor that has just started to grow. Felling totally stressed, she decides to spend the weekend in her cottage with her husband, the writer David Goodman, and her sister Melody. She unexpectedly arrives in the cabin and finds a bottle of champagne in the refrigerator. Later, a young man, Adrian, asks for help due to the cold weather and once in the house, he shows a gun and brings his partner, the violent sexual offender and Samantha's former patient Harlan Pyne. Along the night, Harlan forces the family to participate in twisted games, where truths are disclosed.
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| Film ThreatJeremy KnoxThe Dark Hours is one of those rare gems out of Canada. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardBy the time The Dark Hours starts to get good, it's more than midway into the movie. |
| DVDTalk.comScott WeinbergSpeeds through its scant 80-minute running time with no muss, no fuss, and a surprisingly watchable demeanor. |
| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisA cold and moody psychodrama poised frustratingly on the border between novel and banal. |
| Village VoicePeter L'OfficialDevine's giddy sex offender nearly rivals William Hurt's preposterous gangster in "A History of Violence" for absurdly enjoyable line readings. |
| VarietyDerek ElleyThe Dark Hours surmounts some of the problems of its weak dialogue through a commanding performance by lead Kate Greenhouse and some grisly, genre-style violence. |
| Globe and MailStephen ColeIn classic B-movie style, The Dark Hours was created in a fever, written in two weeks and hurriedly shot in 16 mm (blown into a crisp 35 mm print). Nevertheless, the film provides evidence of talent everywhere. |
| User ReviewPrivate UPretty good for a Canadian movie. It has it's high points. If you want a visit to the dark and twisty side, pick this one up. |
| User ReviewEric Kawesome movie there was nothing bad about it. xxx head games xxx |
| User ReviewElizabeth WCanadian! Yeah! Love it and suggest it to all! |