''Desolation'' is a 2018 American thriller film written by Matthew McCarty and Craig Walendziak, directed by David Moscow and starring

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, Brock Kelly and

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Cast

as Katie *Brock Kelly as Jay *

as Father Bill *Ninja N. Devoe as Debbie

Release

The film was released theatrically in New York City and Los Angeles on January 26, 2018.

Reception

The film has a 44% rating on

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based on nine reviews. Joe Leydon of '' Variety'' gave the film a negative review and wrote, "A potentially intriguing premise gets a maladroit execution in a thriller that's more befuddling than exciting." Kimber Myers of the ''

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'' also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "It wants to be a commentary on the depravity of Hollywood and what people find entertaining, but instead it mostly just mirrors the media’s habit of using sexual trauma as a plot device and surviving such horrors as a character trait." Norman Gidney of ''

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'' awarded the film two stars and wrote, "If ''Desolation'' had just assumed that its audience needed less explanation while doling out the mystery, this could have been a savvy update. Instead, the film just comes off as contrived." Dax Ebaben of

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awarded the film two and a half skulls out of five and wrote, "In all, ''Desolation'' is not a bad film, it’s simply middle-of-the-road. Respectably, the film has something to say and makes no bones about it."

References

External links

* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, desolation_2018 American thriller films