A Mistake
Seen it?2023 | 101 min | Thriller, Drama
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
Critics loved it (100% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved The Fugitive or The Killing of a Sacred Deer, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 41 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray as her colleagues begin to close ranks, and even her partner, a nurse at the hospital, turns her back on her.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
100% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$33K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 27K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Christine Jeffs
- Acacia O'ConnorLisa
- Elizabeth BanksLiz Taylor
- Simon McBurneyAndrew McGrath
- Mickey SumnerRobin
- Rena OwenTessa
- Richard CrouchleyRichard
- Matthew SunderlandOwen
- Emmett SkiltonAlexander Colton
- Ally XueMei-Lynn
- Ella Hope-HigginsonJosie