Tape | |
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Directed by | Deborah Kampmeier |
Written by | Deborah Kampmeier |
Produced by | Annarosa Mudd Veronica Nickel Deborah Kampmeier |
Starring | Isabelle Fuhrman Tarek Bishara Annarosa Mudd |
Cinematography | Valentina Caniglia |
Edited by | Deborah Kampmeier |
Music by | Leslie Graves |
Production company | Full Moon Films |
Distributed by | Full Moon Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes [1] [2] 102 minutes [3] [4] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Tape is a 2020 American thriller drama film written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier and starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Tarek Bishara and Annarosa Mudd. [5]
A male director interviews a vulnerable young actress and seems to offer her help to get ahead in the industry, but his motivation is far from altruistic.
In March 2018, it was announced that Fuhrman was cast as the lead in the film. [6] [7]
The film was given a virtual theatrical release on March 26, 2020 and debuted via streaming on Amazon Prime on April 10, 2020. [8]
The film has a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews. [9] Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three and a half stars. [10] Joe Friar of The Victoria Advocate awarded the film three stars. [11] Alex Saveliev of Film Threat rated the film a 3 out of 10. [5] Kate Erbland of IndieWire graded the film a C. [8]
Owen Gleiberman of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Yet even as the film feels up-to-the-minute, it’s been made with a certain threadbare, streets-of-New-York punk feminist mythologizing that may remind you, at times, of the films of Beth B." [1]
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review and wrote, "A hard-hitting psychological drama about an actress who surreptitiously monitors her former assailant and his current prospective victim, Tape benefits from its well-executed thriller mechanics and terrific performances by its three leads." [3]
Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Tape, in short, is a terrible movie about appalling behavior." [2]
Kimber Meyers of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "But while Tape is admirable in its aims to frankly explore what happens behind closed doors, it’s less laudable in its execution." [4]
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