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Echo Valley film review — Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney star in delightedly twisty thriller
- The thriller film Echo Valley starring Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney premiered on AppleTV+ on June 12, 2025, set in rural Pennsylvania.
- The story follows Kate, a grieving horse trainer coping with her wife Patty's death nine months earlier, while managing her troubled, destructive daughter Claire.
- Claire hides drugs belonging to a local dealer, leading her and Ryan to go into hiding after she claims to have killed him and presents a wrapped body to Kate.
- Critics praise Moore's powerful portrayal of grief and Sweeney's complex depiction of Claire, highlighting the film's brisk pacing but note it limits deeper character development.
- Echo Valley explores themes of maternal love, loss, and rural community support, though some find its plot twists less emotionally satisfying and potentially better suited for a miniseries.
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The "Mare of Easttown" author is back with another charged drama about a woman in grief. Julianne Moore is magnificent as always, but the story is too overloaded and contrived to grip, writes Wanda Bendjelloul, who nevertheless enjoys fine supporting roles.
Sydney Sweeney Sparkled In A Cleavage-Baring Miu Miu To Promote 'Echo Valley'
Aeon/GC Images/Getty ImagesThe chicest fashion girls know that wardrobes with an arsenal of designers are infinitely more interesting than those that lack variety. It’s why Sydney Sweeney always pulls from a bevy of labels. Take her recent Echo Valley press tour, for example. Thus far, with the help of her stylist Molly Dickson, the Anyone But You star strutted down red carpets in the likes of Alexander McQueen, Burberry, and Oscar de la Renta, …
Set up to protect her daughter Claire (Sydney Sweeney), a heroin addict who has just committed a crime, Kate Garrett (Julianne Moore) will take a dark journey to clear her name while her Pennsylvania farm falls apart. Echo Valley is the thriller who arrives on Apple TV this Friday, written by Brad Ingelsby, creator of Mare of Easttown and led by Michael Pearce, who tries to give a new and deeper look at the suspense. "It was to find something th…
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