Presence (2024 film)

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Presence
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by David Koepp
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Andrews [lower-alpha 1]
Edited byMary Ann Bernard [lower-alpha 1]
Music byZack Ryan [1]
Production
companies
Distributed by Neon
Release date
  • January 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)(Sundance)
Running time
85 minutes [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Presence is a 2024 American psychological thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by David Koepp. It stars Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, and Chris Sullivan.

Contents

Premise

A family discover they are not alone when they move into a new house. [3]

Cast

Production

The film, written by David Koepp and directed by Steven Soderbergh, was not announced publicly until December 2023 when it was revealed to be part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. [4]

Filming

Principal photography took place in the summer of 2023 with an interim SAG-AFTRA agreement from the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [5] The film is shot entirely in the first-person perspective, [6] and was filmed in Cranford, New Jersey. [7]

Release

The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024. [8] Shortly after, Neon acquired distribution rights to the film for $5 million. [9]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 23 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.5/10. [10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favourable" reviews. [11]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Pseudonym for Steven Soderbergh.

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