The Stranger (2022 film)

The Stranger
Australian release poster
Directed byThomas M. Wright
Written byThomas M. Wright
Based onThe Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer
by Kate Kyriacou[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySam Chiplin
Edited bySimon Njoo
Music byOliver Coates
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 18 May 2022 (2022-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 6 October 2022 (2022-10-06) (Australia)
Running time
116 minutes[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

The Stranger is a 2022 Australian psychological crime thriller film written and directed by Thomas M. Wright, starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris.[3][4] Based on the non-fiction book The Sting: The Undercover Operation That Caught Daniel Morcombe's Killer by Kate Kyriacou, and inspired by the murder investigation of Daniel Morcombe,[1] the film follows an investigation of a child abduction case, with an undercover police officer (Edgerton) in a sting operation tasked with getting close to and forming a friendship with the prime suspect (Harris).

The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2022, under the Un Certain Regard section.[5] It had a limited theatrical release in Australia by Transmission Films on 6 October 2022 and streamed worldwide on Netflix on 19 October.[6][7] The film received positive reviews from critics.

  1. ^ a b Spence, Hamish; Achenza, Madeleine (15 July 2022). "Daniel Morcombe's parents demand film stop using son's name to promote film". news.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Felperin, Leslie (22 May 2022). "'The Stranger': Film Review | Cannes 2022". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ Buckmaster, Luke (25 December 2020). "From Nitram to Penguin Bloom: Australian films to look out for in 2021". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Variety was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Lawson, Richard (14 April 2022). "The Cannes 2022 Lineup Highlights: Movie Stars, Auteurs, and Some Kind of Body Horror". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  6. ^ Whittock, Jesse (4 August 2022). "Netflix Acquires Thomas M. Wright's Joel Edgerton And Sean Harris-Starring Thriller 'The Stranger' Following Cannes Bow". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. ^ Transmission Films [@transmission] (14 September 2022). "Directed by Thomas M. Wright and starring Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris, #TheStranger will be in Australian cinemas October 6" (Tweet). Retrieved 14 September 2022 – via Twitter.