Name: The Oak Room
Genre: Horror
Released: 2020-06-22T07:13:30-07:00
Rating: 90

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The Oak Room contains a taut, spooky tale that proves southern gothic can flourish in the snowy north. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

While a drifter tries to settle an old debt with a grizzled bartender by telling him a story, the night's events quickly spin into a dark tale of mistaken identities, double-crosses and shocking violence.

Genre:

mystery & thriller
Original Language:

English
Director:

Cody Calahan
Producer:

Chad Archibald, Cody Calahan, Ari Millen
Writer:

Peter Genoway
Release Date (Streaming):

Apr 2, 2021
Runtime:

1h 29m
Production Co:

Breakthrough Entertainment, Citizen Skull Productions, Black Fawn Films

Cast & Crew

RJ Mitte
Steve

Peter Outerbridge
Paul

Ari Millen
Michael

Martin Roach
Richard

Nicholas Campbell
Gordon

David Ferry
Kenneth

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Critic Reviews for The Oak Room

All Critics (42) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (4)

Cliché? Maybe on my part, but not when it comes to The Oak Room, a taut exercise in story-weaving and twists turned on their heads.

April 29, 2021 | Full Review…

Brad Wheeler
Globe and Mail
As the tales gather weight like snow on a roof, and intriguing correspondences accumulate, the impressive structuring tells.

April 20, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Phil Hoad
Guardian
Back and forth The Oak Room goes, without ever building the tension it ostensibly seeks. Instead, it meanders from tale to tale, and the writing isn't sharp or specific enough to sustain this kind of complex framework.

April 2, 2021 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Christy Lemire
RogerEbert.com
"A man walks into a bar" may be the classic set-up to a gag, but this time, the punchline will leave you reeling.

September 1, 2020 | Full Review…

Richard Whittaker
Austin Chronicle
The original script by Peter Genoway is a trip in its own right.

August 25, 2020 | Full Review…

Nick Allen
RogerEbert.com
The Oak Room is a small little thriller that demonstrates the potent power of storytelling. For those interested in something far more introspective that plays like an unsettling tale told around a campfire, it's is an engaging narrative exercise.

July 2, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Meagan Navarro
Bloody Disgusting
The film's themes are relatively thin, but there's a nice depth to the connections between these men.

May 7, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
There is something hypnotic in the way the night progresses, and in the way phrases and ideas repeat across different decades and different tales.

May 6, 2021 | Rating: 3.5 | Full Review…

Hope Madden
Columbus Underground
Not technically much of a film, but a terrific and dark piece of storytelling by Peter Genoway that could be told around a campfire, performed onstage or embellished onscreen ("Goose the truth!" as Peter Outerbridge's character Paul describes it).

April 28, 2021 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Jim Slotek
Original Cin
An intimate yet unsettling thriller

April 28, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Peter Gray
The AU Review
The Oak Room has a destination in mind. It gets there surely, but more slowly than many viewers will like.

April 20, 2021 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Abbie Bernstein
Assignment X
Handling its selected structure very well and taking no easy linear routes, The Oak Room is, in its own way, an ode to the power of storytelling.

April 12, 2021 | Full Review…

Keri O'Shea
Warped Perspective