Synopsis
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
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Cast
- Amy RyanCharlene Chase
- Margaret QualleyMelissa Moody
- Nick RobinsonPhilip Chase
- Blythe DannerGail
- Brian CoxBill
- Greg KinnearRichard Chase
- Connor JessupRonnie Chase
- Mena MassoudChaz
- Vanessa BurnsDoctor
- Tennille ReadER Nurse
Recommendations
- 70
The New York Times
The tale is a jolting one, and the superb players do justice to the emotional distress of its characters. But a surer directorial hand might have yielded a more resonant experience. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
An atmospheric thriller with a noir-ish undertow and strong visual style, Strange But True puts a classy spin on familiar ingredients. The twist-heavy, logic-bending plot will test audience patience in places, but the whole package is handsomely crafted and rich in strong performances. - 63
RogerEbert.com
This is the kind of film that explains itself too early and then has nowhere to go except into rote, B-picture thrills. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The stellar cast elevates the schlocky charms of this thriller. It’s well-paced and cut like a nighttime soap, jumping between characters as they explore this puzzling mystery over the course of a couple of days. - 50
Screen Daily
The initially taut thriller takes an unexpected tonal shift into overwrought suspense, losing some of its claustrophobic domestic tension along the way. - 50
Movie Nation
It’s fiction, far-fetched, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, beach-book thriller fiction. It provokes many reactions, but the one that stands out is “cheated.” - 40
Variety
Both ambitious and overwhelmed, this sophomore feature from British-Indian director Rowan Athale — whose festival-traveled debut “Wasteland” had lively promise and similarly hinky storytelling — can’t quite decide what kind of weird it wants to be: a loopy B-movie corkscrew ride, or an “American Beauty”-style suburban burlesque with Something To Say.
