Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore front the new Apple TV+ thriller from producer Ridley Scott
Sydney Sweeney stars in a new film packed with A-list talent that’s available to stream completely free. The Euphoria actress stars alongside Oscar-winner Julianne Moore in Echo Valley, an ‘edge-of-your-seat thriller’ billed as a ‘tale of love, sacrifice and survival’.
The official synopsis reads: “Kate (Moore) is a mother struggling to make peace with her troubled daughter Claire (Sweeney) – a situation that becomes even more perilous when Claire shows up on Kate’s doorstep, hysterical and covered in someone else’s blood. As Kate pieces together the shocking truth of what happened, she learns just how far a mother will go to try to save her child.”
Alongside its two leads, the film also stars Domhnall Gleeson, Fiona Shaw, Kyle MacLachlan and Edmund Donovan. Echo Valley is streaming now exclusively on Apple TV+ and can be watched for free with Apple’s seven-day free trial.
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It comes from BAFTA-winning director Michael Pearce and Emmy Award-nominated writer Brad Ingelsby, creator of Mare of Easttown. Legendary Alien and Gladiator director Sir Ridley Scott serves as the film’s producer.
It comes as Disney+ tempts Brits with the return of its £1.99 streaming deal, offering 60% off a monthly subscription for four months. For those sticking with Apple TV+, early reactions for Echo Valley have been somewhat mixed, but according to The Telegraph’s four-star review, it may just be the ‘plot-twist thriller of the year’.
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The Hollywood Reporter hailed it as ‘satisfyingly tense’, saying: “Echo Valley takes some genuinely gripping turns as well as a few unbelievable detours in its journey through Kate’s increasingly complicated life and relationship with her daughter.
“Even as the web gets sticky, Pearce maintains control of each thread with his steady direction.”
In its two-star review, The Guardian said: “After an intriguing opening, the convoluted narrative doesn’t merely jump the shark but lies down and lets the shark jump over it before the pair of them charleston their way across the rolling Pennsylvanian farmland where the film is supposed to be set.”
A warmer reaction came from Variety, which said: “When you’re simply looking for something semi-interesting to stream, stories like these don’t necessarily require great actors, but great actors are the reason some of them still reverberate in our memory decades later.”
Echo Valley is streaming now exclusively on Apple TV+.