Hate Watching Dark Crimes: True Crime or Exploitation?

About this episode

The hosts critique the film Dark Crimes, discussing its narrative flaws and character motivations.

Send us Fan Mail Dark Crimes wants to be a grim, prestige-leaning true crime thriller, but the further we follow it, the less it holds together. We sit down with our notes and try to track basic things a crime mystery should make clear: who wants what, what the evidence means, and why Jim Carrey’s detective is even making these choices. Instead, we find missing motivation, unclear timelines, and a “reveal” that feels like it changes the vibe more than the story. The most heated part of our c...

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Hosts: Dan Goodsell, Tony Czech

Topics covered

• true crime
• film review
• mystery
• storytelling
• character motivation

Keywords

• Dark Crimes
• true crime thriller
• Jim Carrey
• film critique
• narrative flaws

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