A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations
Gavin K. Barfield
- Mary
- (as Gavin Barfield)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough it resembles the look of film stock, the movie was shot with ARRI ALEXA Mini digital cameras with a special Angénieux 25-250 HR zoom lens. According to cinematographer Ari Wegner, shooting on film was considered but the limited budget didn't allow for it.
- Quotes
Jim Dunlop: Some people, they are the real people. Like in a movie, they're the ones you're watching, they're the ones making moves. And the other people, they're just there filling the space. And you take'em for granted. You think, they're easy. Take a penny, leave a penny. That's you, Eileen.
- Soundtracks(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
Written by Jimmy T. Williams and Larry Harrison
Performed by Nancy Wilson
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Falls Flat
Eileen is not worth watching for the positive attributes because it exemplifies why "story" matters. Oldroyd's film has no third act, which is also a problem with the source of this adaptation. The movie takes a vicious twist. That turn primarily concerns the great Marin Ireland's (Hell or High Water) character and her son, incarcerated for murder, who is also under Hathaway's Rebecca's care.
While what transpires can be fascinating, especially when McKenzie's Eileen evolves into taking over the more dominant role, the film fails because there's no third act. This is not an argument that Eileen needs a nice little bow to wrap up her story. Far from it. The issue is that there's no closure, character redemption, or accountability.
Eileen's story, frankly, stops and falls off the metaphorical storytelling cliff. Yes, Hathaway is electric. We know McKenzie can say more with a stoic glance than most can say with a monologue. Whigham plays caustic roles like no other actor of this time in cinema .
While what transpires can be fascinating, especially when McKenzie's Eileen evolves into taking over the more dominant role, the film fails because there's no third act. This is not an argument that Eileen needs a nice little bow to wrap up her story. Far from it. The issue is that there's no closure, character redemption, or accountability.
Eileen's story, frankly, stops and falls off the metaphorical storytelling cliff. Yes, Hathaway is electric. We know McKenzie can say more with a stoic glance than most can say with a monologue. Whigham plays caustic roles like no other actor of this time in cinema .
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Айлин
- Filming locations
- South Amboy, New Jersey, USA(Lagoda's is a classic old-town longshoreman bar)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,435,007
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $93,290
- Dec 3, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $1,560,142
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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