Anne Hathaway has returned to the big screen with full force, and 2023 was a particularly good year for her professionally, especially after the release of some major productions and securing interesting projects.
One of them was Eileen, the drama directed by William Oldroyd and starring Thomasin McKenzie. The film premiered in theaters with an R rating in early December, and hundreds of viewers rushed to get their tickets
This mysterious psychological thriller, based on Ottessa Moshfegh‘s 2015 novel of the same name, is set in 1960s Massachusetts and follows the parasitic relationship between two women working in a juvenile detention center.
When is Eileen released on streaming?
“Eileen” had its big premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, but it didn’t stream until a few months later. It is currently exclusively available on Hulu‘s catalog, so it can only be found there.
Anne Hathaway and Thomasin McKenzie in Eileen. (Source: IMDb)
Neon and Hulu signed a streaming agreement. This means that all future titles from the film company founded by Tom Quinn and Tim League will be available exclusively there after their theatrical release.
What is Eileen about?
The story follows Eileen, a young employee at a Massachusetts prison in the 1960s, who lives with her troublesome and alcoholic ex-police father, persistently making her life difficult.
According to Collider, the character encounters the charming Dr. Rebecca, a psychologist working at the same facility, and this meeting becomes a turning point in her life.
Despite becoming friends, as their relationship deepens, Eileen finds herself entangled in the dark past of the peculiar doctor, filling the plot with suspense, secrets, revelations, chaos, and tears.
Certainly, to carry such an intense narrative, great talent is required, which is why Anne Hathaway (The Idea of You) and Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho) were the ideal choices to lead the project.
During an interview with Collider and Shea Whigham (Take Shelter), who plays the father of the young protagonist, the actor took the time to praise his co-star, Thomasin, and stated:
“You take on these characters because they scare you a lot of times, and you don’t know if you’ll be able to figure them out, or if you really do. And that’s what they said about Will: when I get lost, he’d be able to bring some clarity to the character. The same with Thomasin.
She possesses, and this is something very difficult to do in acting, being in the moment at all times in a scene. Because everyone thinks that when they call ‘action,’ you can act between ‘action’ and ‘cut,’ but she’s always present to give you, no matter if I drop the microphone, she doesn’t act like it didn’t fall“.
