In the Electric Mist
Seen it?2009 | 117 min | Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and middling reviews (54% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved L.A. Confidential, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 57 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni, who is co-producer of a Civil War film. When the star of the film, Elrod Sykes, reports finding another corpse in the Atchafalaya Swamp near the movie set, Robicheaux starts another investigation, believing the corpse to be the remains of a black man whose murder he witnessed 35 years earlier.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
54% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
6.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$8 million worldwide on a $17 million budget; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 53K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
- Tommy Lee JonesDave Robicheaux
- John GoodmanJulie 'Baby Feet' Balboni
- Peter SarsgaardElrod Sykes
- Mary SteenburgenBootsie Robicheaux
- Kelly MacdonaldKelly Drummond
- Justina MachadoRosie Gomez
- Ned BeattyTwinky LeMoyne
- James GammonBen Hebert
- Pruitt Taylor VinceLou Girard
- Levon HelmGeneral John Bell Hood