The Disappointments Room

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The Disappointments Room

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2016

1h 32m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Dana (Kate Beckinsale), her husband David and their 5-year-old son Lucas start a new life after moving from the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn, N.Y., to a stately old manor in the quiet countryside. After settling in, Dana starts to experience terrifying visions and dreams that she cannot explain. The mystery grows when she stumbles upon a secret room in the attic. After finding the key and unlocking the door, Dana discovers the dark history of the family that lived there in the 19th century.

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Critics Consensus

The Disappointments Room lives down to its title with a thrill-free thriller that presumably left its stars filled with regret - and threatens to do the same for audiences.

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Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

09/11/2018

C

Disappointments has the strange confidence of a much slicker, more decisive movie, and all of its sort-ofs don't add up to much.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

09/15/2016

1/5

The Disappointments Room lives (and dies) up to its name.

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Katie Walsh

Los Angeles Times

09/12/2016

This spooky house flick would be better off locked up in the attic and forgotten for good.

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

01/02/2021

With a lack of vision, missing frights, and a bizarre conclusion, this film is, well, a disappointment.

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Allison Rose

FlickDirect

08/14/2019

2/5

Beckinsale is a good actress and does her best with the material.

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Allen Adams

The Maine Edge

02/15/2019

0/5

The Disappointments Room couldn't be more disappointing if it dropped out of medical school and moved back in with its parents.

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Francis S

@Francis101 Nov 22

It's hard to say what went wrong in this movie. There are times where bad movies are a guilty pleasure to watch. But this one is irritating for his banality and bad direction. Scenes are just cheap scares without any buildup.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Oct 25

Success in 1 hour and 32 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ian L

@GTFCfish 07/18/2025

The biggest disappointment of all is the disappointment in myself for wasting 90 mins of my life watching it. Utter garbage, terrible acting with unlikable characters and loose ends left everywhere. Do yourself a favour, avoid like the plague.

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Coc A

@RT18610173 06/12/2025

Very terrible, definitely wont 't recommend

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Al P

@BoosterAp 01/02/2025

Didn't get passed the first 40 minutes unfortunately. I think it was the acting of the husband that put me off

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Justin T

@RT08580778 12/05/2024

This film is a huge disappointment. Mostly because nothing happens. Let me summarise the film, a family who lost their daughter move into a house in the countryside. The mother has visions and loses her mind and then it ends. It is so boring. The characters are dull which makes them unengaging. Her hair and makeup is distractingly perfect for the entire movie. It's only really the last 25 minutes that are barely watchable but even then the emotional switcheroo is hard to believe. This film also undermines the emotional impact of a family losing a child as it is so badly handled. This is borderline unwatchable garbage.

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Synopsis

Dana (Kate Beckinsale), her husband David and their 5-year-old son Lucas start a new life after moving from the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn, N.Y., to a stately old manor in the quiet countryside. After settling in, Dana starts to experience terrifying visions and dreams that she cannot explain. The mystery grows when she stumbles upon a secret room in the attic. After finding the key and unlocking the door, Dana discovers the dark history of the family that lived there in the 19th century.

Director: D.J. Caruso
Producer: J. Geyer Kosinski, Vincent Newman, Tucker Tooley
Screenwriter: Wentworth Miller, D.J. Caruso
Distributor: Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution
Production Co: Media Talent Group, Relativity Media, Demarest Films
Rating: R (Language|Bloody Images|Some Sexuality|Violent Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.4M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)