‘A Talent for Murder’ Review: Helen Mirren and Alden Ehrenreich Face Off in This Punchy Twist on Patricia Highsmith
IndieWire first published this review at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Bleecker Street releases A Talent for Murder in theaters on Friday, Oct. 23.
Directed by Anton Corbijn and adapted by playwright Joanna Murray-Smith from her play Switzerland, the film imagines Patricia Highsmith, creator of Tom Ripley, in her final years holed up in a Swiss home people called "the bunker." Helen Mirren plays Highsmith opposite Alden Ehrenreich.
The reviewer argues that Highsmith cared less about who committed a crime than why, and says the film gives that "whydunnit" fascination fresh life, with a "wonderfully terrifying" performance from Mirren.
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