
A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like Taxi Driver and Monster, The Grief Tourist takes us into the chilling labyrinth of a man's dark hobby and his even darker mind. JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over... (Full plot summary below)
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A psychological-thriller in the haunting tradition of films like Taxi Driver and Monster, The Grief Tourist takes us into the chilling labyrinth of a man's dark hobby and his even darker mind. JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism - the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murderer from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent despair that will ultimately unlock an unspeakable secret festering within him, bringing The Dark Tourist to it's brutal and shocking finale...
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| What CultureShaun MunroDisappointingly resorts to a reductive dissection of its protagonist in the third reel, but The Grief Tourist benefits from Michael Cudlitz's suitably creepy performance, and is an atmospheric, suspenseful ride. |
| Los Angeles TimesAnnlee EllingsonDark Tourist gets bogged down in insufferably slow-moving scenes — interestingly, when Jim is interacting with others, despite consummate performances from Cudlitz and Griffith. |
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldSuri Krishnamma’s Dark Tourist takes an effectively unpleasant trip down the lost highway of a morbid mind before its bad choices start catching up with it. |
| VarietyGeoff BerkshireCharacter actor Michael Cudlitz’s first leading role is the sole selling point of Dark Tourist, a well-acted but rote and ultimately repellent character study of a psychologically disturbed loner. |
| AwardsCircuit.comTerence JohnsonThere's a decent movie somewhere in the Dark Tourist, but unfortunately it never really comes to the surface and you're left with a film that is just disappointing. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyCudlitz gives a haunted performance as a weathered, misogynistic, homophobic, blue-collar man roiling with demons, and Griffith can break your heart as a good woman staggering under the weight of life. |
| User ReviewWednesday WI LOVE MIchael Cudlitz!!! This movie is very disturbing as you watch Michael's character unravel. Great performance by Michael and Melanie Griffith. |
| User ReviewStewart FInteresting psycho-sexual drama that even though it moves at it's own pace still weaves a spell that keeps the imagination on curiosity alert. Good turns and magnetic storytelling, though not for all.... |
| User ReviewNick KMelanie Griffith was really likeable in this one. |
| User ReviewGreg Wgr8 performances here sucked me right in... |