In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist (2009)

  • 60% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 35% of users liked it
    (60,498 ratings)

A detective tracking a serial killer who preys on young women finds his investigation complicated by a glamorous Hollywood starlet and a ruthless crime kingpin in director Bertrand Tavernier's adaptation of the James Lee Burke novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead. Jerzy Kromolowski,… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
Jerzy Kromolowski, Mary Olson-Kromolowski
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Mar 3, 2009 Wide
On DVD
Mar 3, 2009
Image Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Leslie Felperin, Variety

    The whole gumbo lacks real zing.

  • Simon Foster, sbs.com.au

    A good film from an accomplished director but one that is well down the list of his finest achievements.

  • Craig Phillips, GreenCine

    Tavernier captures the moody, misty Louisiana atmosphere and has a low-key, slow pace that fits the energy of the sticky South.

  • David Cornelius, DVDTalk.com

    An excellent thriller that shouldn't go overlooked by fans of the genre.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    The film's atmosphere is so potent and the characters so richly drawn that we can forgive a few odd connections and coincidences.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Mark W


    Author James Lee Burke has been dishing out justice in numerous crime novels over the years but justice has never been done in a decent film adaptation of his work, and with this latest offering from director Bertrand Tavernier it looks like we'll have to wait a while longer.… More

  • xGary X


    A small town detective hunts a serial murderer while contending not only with his own alcoholism but that of a visiting movie star. I can't say I'd ever heard of this film but decided to give it a go based on the presence of Jones and Goodman and I must say that they… More

  • danny d


    an incredibly interesting film with an exceptional cast about an eccentric police officer and a bizarre set of criminals. the unfolding of events late in the film loses coherence which holds the film back but the intrigue until the final sequences still makes the film more than worth… More

  • Dean !


    A little strange this one, not a bad film but something doesn't quite fit? Good actors but it doesn't seem to follow the more interesting story line in the film. Starts quite slow, then it seems to finish in a bit of a hurry. Could've been a lot better.

  • jay n


    Good performances by a quality cast can't surmount a script that often has too many loose ends.

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