A Stranger Among Us
Seen it?1992 | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 22% on Rotten Tomatoes and soft box office, 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 anyone who likes to solve it before the characters do and anyone drawn to the darker side of the street. The investigation drives everything, one lead at a time. If you loved L.A. Confidential or Gone Baby Gone, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Wastes no time getting going, at 1 hr 50 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
22% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
Our audience score: 51%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$12 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 39K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Sidney Lumet
- Melanie GriffithEmily Eden
- Eric ThalAriel
- John PankowLevine
- Tracy PollanMara
- Lee RichardsonRebbe
- Mia SaraLeah
- Jamey SheridanNick
- Jake WeberYaakov
- Ro'ee LeviMendel
- David RosenbaumMr. Klausman