The Royal Hotel

R

Released Oct 6, 2023

1h 31m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called 'The Royal Hotel' in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

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Critics Consensus

A chilling immersion into a place and time fraught with constant danger, The Royal Hotel reunites Kitty Green and Julia Garner to electrifying effect.

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

It's no Wake in Fright, but that's hardly a criticism.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 28, 2023

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

The balance between realism and abstraction isn’t maintained quite until the end, which is effective in its way, but less than a fully convincing resolution to what has come before.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 27, 2023

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Hanna Flint

London Evening Standard

The Royal Hotel simmers with the heat of oppressive testosterone at a pub in the Australian Outback. That is, until it boils over with cathartic female rage.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 6, 2023

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

While cleverly giving the story a crowd-pleasing finale, Aussie director and co-writer Kitty Green’s take just never quite engenders the same sense of voyeurism – or nausea – that made the documentary Hotel Coolgardie such unforgettable viewing.

Apr 28, 2024

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Jordi Batlle Caminal

Fotogramas

While not a complex story, it is developed with Kitty Green's firm hand, who draws a persuasive atmosphere from the main setting... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Mar 19, 2024

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Janire Zurbano

Cinemanía (Spain)

Kitty Green successfully directs a thriller that confuses and surprises, is suffocating as well as refreshing, and has a very outstanding performance by Julia Garner. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 12, 2024

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cindy

Love Julia Garner!!!!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Ice B

This movie was hard to watch, and hard to stop watching.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/17/23

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Ron S

It passed time. Well made film but what was the point. Character development minimalistic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/15/23

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Jaheesh

Garner was pretty good. The movie was edgy and was exciting. The plot falls apart though if the hotel just hires one good bouncer with a stick. Extremely unrealistic for the sake of making a somewhat tripe point.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/15/23

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Penny E

Acting was superb plot was great suspenseful. Overall fantastic movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/15/23

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Kenny

Unequivocally one of the worst 15 movies Ive ever seen. Julia Garner is a fabulous actress, so how she got wrapped up in this horrible production I dont know. There is no character development, there is no discernible plot and it is just an overall horrible film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/15/23

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Director

Jessica Henwick

Liv

Julia Garner

Hanna

Hugo Weaving

Billy

James Frecheville

Teeth

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Synopsis

Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called 'The Royal Hotel' in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the girls a riotous introduction to Down Under drinking culture but soon Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

Director: Kitty Green
Producer: Simon Gillis
Screenwriter: Kitty Green, Oscar Redding, Kitty Green, Oscar Redding
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: See-Saw Films, Fulcrum Media Finance, Scarlett Pictures
Rating: R (Sexual Content/Nudity|Language Throughout)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $780.3K
Runtime: 1h 31m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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