The Apology

2022

Crime / Drama / Thriller

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.2/10 10 3035 3K

Plot summary

Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.

Director

Alison Locke Photo
Alison Locke

Top cast

Linus Roache Photo
Linus Roache as Jack Kingsley
Anna Gunn Photo
Anna Gunn as Darlene Hagen
Janeane Garofalo Photo
Janeane Garofalo as Gretchen Sullivan
Zena Leigh Photo
Zena Leigh as Reporter
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851.33 MB
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English 2.0
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1 hr 32 min
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850.8 MB
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English 5.1
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1 hr 32 min
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English 2.0
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

low budget feature

Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is still struggling 20 years after the disappearance of her daughter Sally. Jack Kingsley (Linus Roache) comes by claiming car trouble. In fact, he has a dark secret to reveal. Her friend Gretchen Sullivan (Janeane Garofalo) joins the horrific gathering.New filmmaker Alison Locke is trying to write and direct a low budget feature. I don't know how, but she got three solid actors to do this. They make this as interesting as possible. The script isn't much. It has one surprise in the first half and the second half struggles. It has no more twists or turns to keep the interest. Mostly, this concept needs a few additions to keep it going all the way to the end.
Reviewed by thalassafischer 6 / 10

How Abusers See Themselves

This film is misnamed because there's no real apology offered, in fact the murderer sexually assaulted the missing daughter as a sixteen year old minor and blamed her for screaming saying "it was an accident." He took a child to an isolated area and started kissing her and broke her neck for screaming.He even tried to sexually assault the mother earlier in the film, after not seeing her in nearly twenty years, claiming he returned because he "loves her" so much. This entitled man actually thinks he's going to have a calm talk with the love of his life about how he murdered her underaged daughter and his niece (by marriage) during an attempted rape.He brought a gun "for his protection" and cut the phone lines because "she's so smart." THEN after he's tied up to a chair in a basement after she managed to sneak attack him when he holds her hostage, he proceeds to complain about how "he was used for money" during his marriage to her sister.This isn't the best film I've ever seen and it's certainly not a surprising or satisfying mystery but it's still decent for this accurate portrayal of how "normal" and entitled the average white male abuser thinks he is our society, fifty years after the second wave of feminism.
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