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Directed by | Ciarán Foy |
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Story by | David Chirchirillo |
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Cinematography | Jeff Cutter |
Edited by | Jason Hellmann |
Music by | Bear McCreary |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $11 million[1] |
Eli is a 2019 American horror film directed by Ciarán Foy from a screenplay by David Chirchirillo, Ian Goldberg, and Richard Naing, based on a story by Chirchirillo. It stars Kelly Reilly, Sadie Sink, Lili Taylor, Max Martini, and Charlie Shotwell. The film follows a boy with a rare autoimmune disease who is taken by his parents to a private medical facility to be cured.
Eli was produced by Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, MTV Films, Intrepid Pictures and Bellevue Productions and was released on October 18, 2019, by Netflix. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its performances, plot twist and atmosphere, and criticism for its screenplay, pacing, tone and reliance on jump scares.