2023 · drama · thriller
The Royal Hotel
Directed by Kitty Green1h 31m2023
After running out of money while backpacking in a tiny, male-dominated town in the Australian outback, two friends resort to a working holiday at the Royal Hotel. When the locals' behavior starts crossing the line, the girls find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.
Our read: The Royal Hotel (2023) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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