John Polson’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

Highest-ranked title
John Polson has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Recurring themes

The Secret in Their Eyes
2009
Mystery · Thriller

The Dead Girl
2006
Mystery · Drama

Arkansas
2020
Crime · Thriller

Stolen
2009
Crime · Drama

Hamlet
2000
Drama · Thriller

The Bandit
1996
Crime · Drama

The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009
Drama · Action

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009
Action · Thriller

David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.
Dir. John Polson · With Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen

Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Dir. Robert Connolly · With Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Keir O'Donnell

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.
Dir. John Woo · With Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandiwe Newton

In 1930s Australia, Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion and his prim wife, Estella, are asked to visit noted painter Norman Lindsay, whose planned contribution to an international art exhibit is considered blasphemous. While Campion and Lindsay debate, Estella finds herself drawn to the three beautiful models sitting for the painter's current work, freethinking Sheela, sensual Pru and virginal Giddy.
Dir. John Duigan · With Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill
Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.
Dir. John Polson · With Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby
A hardened cop tries to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager was responsible for the murder of his family. A confused fifteen-year-old runaway becomes enthralled with the young man.
Dir. John Polson · With Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub