Echo Valley director Michael Pearce explains why Julianne Moore was a perfect fit, while costar Domnhall Gleeson breaks down his villain character.

"It's really open for discussion at the end of the film," Moore says. "It's been inciting a lot of conversation."

Julianne Moore anchors the film, with supporting turns from Sydney Sweeney and Domhnall Gleeson, all operating at an unlikable-to-loathsome pitch that is effective if unpleasant. The script, from Mare of Easttown ’s Brad Ingelsby,