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Spinning Man

Spinning Man

What you believe, what you know, is all how you spin it.

20185.61h 40m

Overview

Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished university. When a female student goes missing, police Detective Malloy has reason to be suspicious when crucial evidence makes Evan the prime suspect in her disappearance.

Directed by Simon Kaijser
Written by Matthew Aldrich, George Harrar
Produced by Keith Arnold, Ellen S. Wander
Box OfficeBudget: $8.5M0

Top Cast

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Evan Birch

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan

Malloy

Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver

Ellen Birch

Alexandra Shipp

Alexandra Shipp

Anna

Odeya Rush

Odeya Rush

Joyce Bonner

Jamie Kennedy

Jamie Kennedy

Ross

Clark Gregg

Clark Gregg

Paul

Sean Blakemore

Sean Blakemore

Killian

Eliza Pryor

Eliza Pryor

Zelda Birch

Noah Salsbury Lipson

Noah Salsbury Lipson

Adam Birch

Themes & Keywords

lakehusband wife relationshipcheerleadersuspicionteenage girlinterrogationhigh school studentmissing personhomicide detectivefamily manperceptionabsent mindedlinguisticssummertimeindiscretiongaslightingpast historyphilosophy professor

About Spinning Man

Spinning Man is a thriller, mystery, crime film released in 2018 exploring themes of lake, husband wife relationship, cheerleader, suspicion, teenage girl, interrogation. Directed by Simon Kaijser, it stars Guy Pearce, Pierce Brosnan, Minnie Driver. Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished university. When a female student goes missing, police Detective Malloy has reason to be suspicious when crucial evidence makes Evan the prime suspect in her disappearance.

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