**_Tarantino-esque flick about one rainy night at a dubious motel in Northern California_** In 1969, four strangers spend the night at the El Royale hotel on the border of California & Nevada, near Lake Tahoe. These visitors consist of a priest (Jeff Bridges), a singer (Cynthia Erivo), a vacuum cleaner salesman (Jon Hamm) and an edgy young woman (Dakota Johnson). They’re going to have an unforgettable night. Lewis Pullman plays the meek manager of the motel that used to be a bustling business...
Read Full Review**_Derivative, predictable, and dull_** > _There is something about hotels that I find very romantic. You get to try on a different life in a hotel. You're usually in a new place when you're staying in a hotel. There's something about the experience that allows you to be a different person. You can think to yourself: "Oh, this is what it would look if I were in Paris. This is what it would look like if I were in New York." There's something about it that transports you somewhere and that, I s...
Read Full ReviewAlthough the first half presents a smart and mysterious blend of, say, ‘The Hateful Eight’ and ‘Identity’, the plot lacks the puzzle pieces to grow towards a grand solution in it's ending. 7/10
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Felix listens to the radio as he dismantles his room at the El Royale
by Old Heart
Darlene practices her routine for her show in Reno, accompanied by a metronome
by Edwin Starr
by The Righteous Brothers
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by The American Breed
Plays on a radio in the maintenance closet as Laramie Seymour Sullivan investigates the El Royale's hidden back rooms
by The Crystals
Father Flynn comes to, by the lobby desk, woken by Miles after being knocked out by Darlene
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Father Flynn tries to drug Darlene, who knocks him out with a bottle
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by Tommy Roe
Billy Lee and his group gather everyone up in the hotel lobby