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Film · 2015

Regression

Directed by Alejandro Amenábar · starring James Preston Rogers, Deborah Grover and Ethan Hawke

  • 1 h 46 min
  • Thriller
  • Spain
  • Released in the UK 8 October 2015
  • 6.1 AverageMovieNCo
  • 5.9 Users50 votes
  • 6.3 Critics5 reviews
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Synopsis

Alejandro Amenábar is back to thriller with 'Regression', starring Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson and David Thewlis. 1990. One man from a small town in Minnesota turns himself to the police and confesses a terrible crime he doesn't remember to have committed. His daughter is the one who accuses him of the crime. In order to try to unblock his memories, detective Bruce Kenner asks professor Kenneth Raines, an expert in hypnotism, for help. They will try to go inside the man's mind to find out what happened in that house. 'Regression' will open at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

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The essentials

Runtime
106 min1 hour and 46 minutes
Box office
£214,742in UK
How long is Regression?
1 hour and 46 minutes (106 minutes).
When was Regression released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 8 October 2015.
Who directed Regression?
Alejandro Amenábar.
Who is in Regression?
It stars James Preston Rogers, Deborah Grover, Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson.
Where can I watch Regression?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.
How much did Regression make?
It took £214,742 in UK.
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Cast

Full cast (21)
Director
Alejandro Amenábar
Writers
Alejandro Amenábar
Music
Roque Baños
Producers
Alejandro Amenábar, Ghislain Barrois, Fernando Bovaira, Axel Kuschevatzky

Videos and trailers

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'Regression' Trailer 2:109 June 2015

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Reviews

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5.9 50 votes
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What the critics say average 6.3 from 5 outlets

  • 7.5 El MundoFrancisco Marinero "Amenabar makes a flawless narrative of a very well-crafted script, without tending traps to the viewer (...) it seems like an American production and that is far superior to all which we are… Read
  • 7.0 CinemaníaAndrea G. Bermejo "Although Amenábar rices curls of his most hackneyed clichés (...) he manages to impose the same question that terrorizes the protagonist, (...) we do not know if fear is real or something we have… Read
  • 6.0 El PaísCarlos Boyero "Amenabar is a competent, but not exceptional. (...) It is a well-told film, equipped with climate and tension, but it did not trap me from the beginning. (...) It entertained and disturbed me, but… Read

Box office

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  • UK £214,742

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Soundtrack

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  1. That's Where the Blues BeginThomm Jutz, Peter Cronin

Trivia

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  • It's the second time that Emma Watson stars alongside an actor that has played Hamlet in the big screen. The first was Kennet Branaggh in 'Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets', an now next to Ethan Hawke in 'Regression'.

  • Emma Watson previously starred with David Thewlis in the Harry Potter series.

  • On the first day of shooting of Regression Emma Watson tweeted that "she had so much fun in doing this film."

  • Emma Watson and Rachel Weisz are British actresses. Rachel Weisz has starred in The Fountain a film by Darren Aronofsky and in Agora an Alejandro Amenabar film. Emma Watson stars in Noah directed by Darren Aronofsky and in Regression directed by Alejandro Amenabar.

  • Regression marks Alejandro Amenabar's return to the thriller genre with which he began his career back in 1996.

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