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IMDb rating 6.6
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Critic rating 8.4

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Critic Luke Buckmaster
rated 10

...it’s abundantly clear that The Stranger has crept, assiduously, into brilliance; to call it an unconventionally impressive crime drama is to put it very lightly.

Read full review at The Guardian
Tarja Pusa
rated 10

Very good 👌

1 year ago
Anders Korsgaard Pedersen
rated 6

I can appreciate the slow burn and nice semi horror take on the subject but its too slow for me. And I still really don't know what it want to tell me.

1 year ago
Critic M.N. Miller
rated 9

...an extraordinarily patient and simmering Australian crime drama that slowly gets under your skin.

Read full review at Ready Steady Cut
Critic Brian Costello
rated 8

...a true crime story about a horrific crime that doesn't engage in sensationalism and overt graphic violence to tell its tale.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Riya Singh
rated 8

...this is a movie that won’t fail to capture your attention, so don’t try multitasking with this one because it is impossible.

Read full review at Leisure Byte
Ronny Svensson
rated 8

Wrights dramathriller är en relativt långsamt berättad film med drag av arthouse som kanske avskräcker under första akten. Men den är klart värd ert tålamod då snaran dras åt och då den bygger på ett uppmärksammat barnamord i Australien 2003 så kä...

1 year ago
Critic Laurits Struck
rated 7

Mark og Henrys livstruende tango bringer eminente præstationer ud af de to hovedrolleindehavere...

Read full review at Soundvenue

Cast & Crew

Joel Edgerton
As Mark Frame
Sean Harris
As Henry Teague
Ewen Leslie
As Milliken
Matthew Sunderland
As Controller / Cleaner
Anni Finsterer
As Female Uniformed Cop (uncredited)

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In this gripping crime thriller, an undercover police officer (Joel Edgerton) forms a complex bond with a murder suspect (Sean Harris) while trying to earn his trust and extract a confession. As their relationship deepens, the lines between truth and deception blur, and the officer's own demons come to the surface. Based on a true story, this intense drama explores the psychological games played by both the police and the suspect, and the consequences of their dangerous dance.

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