Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Charlotte Butler, David Butler, Rafael Sayegh, Michael Richard, Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Fok, Garion Dowds | Written and Directed by Steven Knight
The feeling and emotion a cinephile find within themselves when they witness a cinematic masterpiece unfold in front of their eyes is a magical, no scratch that, unfathomable ideal that is an exhilarating and unquestionable abstract thirst and can only be quenched with seeking out more exquisite forms of cinematic sensation. Steven Knight’s latest does not usher such ecstatic reactions. Quite the antithesis in fact. A film comparable to that of Wally Pfister’s twenty-fourteen film Transcendence that explodes on instant impact of release with a tremendous cast list utterly dissipated in what quite possibly may be one of the most diabolical ventures in film in the last two decades.
The superb writer of the sublime...
The feeling and emotion a cinephile find within themselves when they witness a cinematic masterpiece unfold in front of their eyes is a magical, no scratch that, unfathomable ideal that is an exhilarating and unquestionable abstract thirst and can only be quenched with seeking out more exquisite forms of cinematic sensation. Steven Knight’s latest does not usher such ecstatic reactions. Quite the antithesis in fact. A film comparable to that of Wally Pfister’s twenty-fourteen film Transcendence that explodes on instant impact of release with a tremendous cast list utterly dissipated in what quite possibly may be one of the most diabolical ventures in film in the last two decades.
The superb writer of the sublime...
- 2/26/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Image Source: Graham Bartholomew/Aviron Pictures
Warning: major spoilers for Serenity ahead!
The island noir-thriller Serenity reunites Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway on the big screen four years after they worked on Christopher Nolan's existential Interstellar, and to be quite honest with you, it's insane. It's bonkers. It's [insert any synonym for "Wtf?!" here]. So in case you want to know exactly what goes down at the end of the film, we've got you covered.
Related: Apparently Matthew McConaughey Had No Idea He Has a Full Frontal Nude Scene in Serenity
Written and directed by Steven Knight, Serenity features McConaughey as a burned-out fishing boat captain named Baker Dill. Baker lives in a tropical beach town called Plymouth and is known for his obsession with chasing a giant tuna named Justice (we're talking serious Moby Dick allusions here) and being so great at sex that Diane Lane pays him for it. He's the kind of...
Warning: major spoilers for Serenity ahead!
The island noir-thriller Serenity reunites Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway on the big screen four years after they worked on Christopher Nolan's existential Interstellar, and to be quite honest with you, it's insane. It's bonkers. It's [insert any synonym for "Wtf?!" here]. So in case you want to know exactly what goes down at the end of the film, we've got you covered.
Related: Apparently Matthew McConaughey Had No Idea He Has a Full Frontal Nude Scene in Serenity
Written and directed by Steven Knight, Serenity features McConaughey as a burned-out fishing boat captain named Baker Dill. Baker lives in a tropical beach town called Plymouth and is known for his obsession with chasing a giant tuna named Justice (we're talking serious Moby Dick allusions here) and being so great at sex that Diane Lane pays him for it. He's the kind of...
- 2/2/2019
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Don Kaye Jan 25, 2019
The two stars, who last teamed up in 2014’s Interstellar, find themselves on a whole new mind-trip with Serenity.
The last time that Serenity stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway worked together, it was under decidedly different circumstances: the film was Christopher Nolan’s 2014 epic Interstellar, with McConaughey playing a pilot and Hathaway a scientist who journey through a wormhole to save humanity. Although it’s been five or so years since that project’s production and promotion cycle ended, McConaughey says that they maintain a long-distance friendship.
“For me most this business and relations at work are transitory,” he explains as he and Hathaway sit down with Den of Geek in a Los Angeles hotel to discuss Serenity. “By design you're closer with most people at the time when you're working because it's intense. You're working together and then you go on a press tour and...
The two stars, who last teamed up in 2014’s Interstellar, find themselves on a whole new mind-trip with Serenity.
The last time that Serenity stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway worked together, it was under decidedly different circumstances: the film was Christopher Nolan’s 2014 epic Interstellar, with McConaughey playing a pilot and Hathaway a scientist who journey through a wormhole to save humanity. Although it’s been five or so years since that project’s production and promotion cycle ended, McConaughey says that they maintain a long-distance friendship.
“For me most this business and relations at work are transitory,” he explains as he and Hathaway sit down with Den of Geek in a Los Angeles hotel to discuss Serenity. “By design you're closer with most people at the time when you're working because it's intense. You're working together and then you go on a press tour and...
- 1/25/2019
- Den of Geek
How can you miss with a film noir starring Matthew McConaughey as a fisherman tempted by femme fatale Anne Hathaway to feed her sadistic husband to the sharks for $10 million? And, hell, the script is by Steven Knight, who did himself proud with Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises and directed the formidable Locke with Tom Hardy. And yet the batshit bonkers Serenity fails on every level, first as entertainment and then as a new-agey thumbsucker about a magical, mystical tour through the subconscious.
But almost doesn’t cut it.
But almost doesn’t cut it.
- 1/25/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Where to begin? There is so many things wrong with Serenity, the new thriller hitting theaters today, that’s hard to find an entry point. The initial thriller set up isn’t compelling, the performances are unfocused and incredibly broad, and the insane twist is one that ranks among the worst we’ve seen in a movie in some time. Nothing works here, but somehow the filmmaker seems to think he’s cracked the cinematic code. It’s so sure of its own self, unaware of how wrongheaded it is. Frankly, it’s kind of stunning to watch. I’d say you need to see it in order to believe it, but that would suggest this is something worth seeing, and that is decidedly not the case. It’s sometimes hilarious, but always unintentionally so. The movie is a thriller meant to mix in erotic and noir elements. Baker Dill...
- 1/25/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Above all else, credit to all involved for the audacity. Within the first fifteen minutes or so of Serenity, written and directed by Steven Knight, an old-school noir plot is set into place. We have an eerily pleasant island called Plymouth, a sun-baked sea-boat captain named Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey) with a tuna obsession and a desperate need for cash, an older seductress with a beachfront view (Diane Lane) and a curious cat, a disgruntled first mate (Djimon Hounsou), and an ex-flame (Anne Hathaway) back in town with a lucrative, deadly proposition.
Hathaway’s Karen promises Baker ten million dollars if he takes her abusive husband (Jason Clarke) out on his boat–named “Serenity”–to kill him and “leave him for the sharks.” Initially reluctant, the money starts to make sense to Baker Dill. Now, there is a lot more plot, though to dive in fully would be to reveal too much.
Hathaway’s Karen promises Baker ten million dollars if he takes her abusive husband (Jason Clarke) out on his boat–named “Serenity”–to kill him and “leave him for the sharks.” Initially reluctant, the money starts to make sense to Baker Dill. Now, there is a lot more plot, though to dive in fully would be to reveal too much.
- 1/24/2019
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
“There’s some weird stuff going on right now,” and ain’t that the truth in Steven Knight’s “Serenity.” The writer-director of “Locke” returns with a sleazy film noir about attempted murder on an isolated island, but it doesn’t take long before that underwritten, conventional storyline goes in an extremely odd (and extremely questionable) direction.
Matthew McConaughey stars as Baker Dill, a fisherman who’s so obsessed with catching one particular tuna — that tuna’s name is “Justice” — that he pulls a knife on his own customers, just to prevent them from catching it themselves. He doesn’t make a lot of money, that Baker Dill. And no matter how hard he tries, he never catches that danged fish.
Baker Dill meanders around Plymouth Island, a small community of salty fishermen and even saltier, stickier trysts. But although Baker Dill has a sexual arrangement with the well-to-do Constance...
Matthew McConaughey stars as Baker Dill, a fisherman who’s so obsessed with catching one particular tuna — that tuna’s name is “Justice” — that he pulls a knife on his own customers, just to prevent them from catching it themselves. He doesn’t make a lot of money, that Baker Dill. And no matter how hard he tries, he never catches that danged fish.
Baker Dill meanders around Plymouth Island, a small community of salty fishermen and even saltier, stickier trysts. But although Baker Dill has a sexual arrangement with the well-to-do Constance...
- 1/24/2019
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
"Some weird stuff going on right now. This whole island's a part of it, but nobody knows it." Aviron has debuted a new official trailer for the mysterious thriller Serenity, along with announcing a release delay - from October this year until late January next year. Not to be confused with the sci-fi film, this Serenity is a film from British screenwriter/director Steven Knight and it's about a mysterious fishing boat captain, played by Matthew McConaughey. Described as a "daringly original, sexy, stylized thriller." The mysterious past of this fishing boat skipper living in the Caribbean comes back to haunt him, ensnaring his life in a new reality that may not be what it all seems. The full cast of Serenity includes Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Diane Lane, Kenneth Fok, Robert Hobbs, and Rafael Sayegh. This trailer really over-sells and over-shares the story this time,...
- 11/20/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The second trailer for Serenity was released Tuesday.
The neo-noir thriller follows fishing boat captain Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey). His quiet life is shattered when his ex-wife, Karen (Anne Hathaway), tracks him down to ask for help. When Dill learns that the lives of Karen and their son are at stake due to her new violent husband (Jason Clarke), Dill is forced to confront his past.
Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong and Rafael Sayegh round out the cast. Steven Knight directed the film and penned the script.
The trailer opens with Dill jumping off a cliff into water, which gives ...
The neo-noir thriller follows fishing boat captain Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey). His quiet life is shattered when his ex-wife, Karen (Anne Hathaway), tracks him down to ask for help. When Dill learns that the lives of Karen and their son are at stake due to her new violent husband (Jason Clarke), Dill is forced to confront his past.
Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong and Rafael Sayegh round out the cast. Steven Knight directed the film and penned the script.
The trailer opens with Dill jumping off a cliff into water, which gives ...
- 11/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The second trailer for Serenity was released Tuesday.
The neo-noir thriller follows fishing boat captain Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey). His quiet life is shattered when his ex-wife, Karen (Anne Hathaway), tracks him down to ask for help. When Dill learns that the lives of Karen and their son are at stake due to her new violent husband (Jason Clarke), Dill is forced to confront his past.
Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong and Rafael Sayegh round out the cast. Steven Knight directed the film and penned the script.
The trailer opens with Dill jumping off a cliff into water, which gives ...
The neo-noir thriller follows fishing boat captain Baker Dill (Matthew McConaughey). His quiet life is shattered when his ex-wife, Karen (Anne Hathaway), tracks him down to ask for help. When Dill learns that the lives of Karen and their son are at stake due to her new violent husband (Jason Clarke), Dill is forced to confront his past.
Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong and Rafael Sayegh round out the cast. Steven Knight directed the film and penned the script.
The trailer opens with Dill jumping off a cliff into water, which gives ...
- 11/20/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"This is about temptation. There's right and wrong." Aviron Pictures has released the official trailer for a film titled Serenity, not to be confused with the sci-fi feature of the same name based on the "Firefly" TV series. This Serenity is the latest movie from British screenwriter/director Steven Knight and it's about a mysterious fishing boat captain, played by Matthew McConaughey. It's described as a "daringly original, sexy, stylized thriller." The mysterious past of this fishing boat skipper living in the Caribbean comes back to haunt him, ensnaring his life in a new reality that may not be what it all seems. The full cast of Serenity includes Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong, Diane Lane, Kenneth Fok, Robert Hobbs, and Rafael Sayegh. This looks very surreal and dream-like, with some odd bloody moments hidden within. I'm very curious, though not sure what to make of it yet.
- 6/7/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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