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‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ Review: Knighly Helps Keep Mystery Thriller Afloat
Keira Knightley plays a journalist who investigates a suspected murder aboard a luxury yacht despite no evidence, facing personal danger during the yacht's maiden voyage.
- On Friday the film debuts on Netflix, with Keira Knightley starring as Laura 'Lo' Blacklock aboard the superyacht Aurora Borealis during its maiden voyage.
- Award-Winning investigative journalist Laura 'Lo' Blacklock recently returned to work after a young female source was killed and accepted a lighter assignment to cover the charity foundation event hosted by Anne Lyngstad and Richard Bullmer.
- After she reported the incident, a head count showed nobody missing and cabin 10 was unoccupied, prompting the ship to call off the Coast Guard search and mayday efforts.
- Critics say Keira Knightley anchors the picture but Simon Stone's 95-minute screenplay wastes the supporting cast and ends with an over-the-top finale.
- Though meant as a suspense piece, it foregrounds themes of gaslit woman and wealthy elites, running about 90 minutes with a predictable twist from about 15 minutes in.
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'The Woman in Cabin 10' review: Knighly helps keep mystery thriller afloat
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Keira Knightley's new Netflix thriller doesn't hold water
It’s debatable how much the term “gaslighting” can be applied to the Netflix thriller The Woman in Cabin 10. On a scale from a note-perfect summoning of the 1944 film Gaslight (which involves a scheming man manipulating his new wife into thinking she’s crazy) to just using the word to describe garden-variety lying, it falls somewhere in the middle. But it’s clearly intended to recall classics like Gaslight and more conspiracy-minded descendants …
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