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Echo Valley finds divorced Kate Garretson (Julianne Moore – Sirens) with fiduciary issues, needing $9000 for a new roof on her stable, and having to ask ex-husband Richard (Kyle MacLachlan, sadly in just the one scene) for the money.
Their daughter, Claire (Sydney Sweeney – Immaculate) is a junkie who’s thrown away her ex’s Ryan’s (Edmund Donovan – Civil War) stuff, unfortunately, which also contained half a kilo of cocaine, belonging to dealer Jackie (Domhnall Gleeson – Fountain Of Youth), who’s now far from happy.
Suffice to say, the two women have a tempstuous relationship, but one night, Claire turns up, shaking and saying she needs help, and there’s someone else’s blood on her clothes…
I won’t say anything that’s not shown in the trailer – and even then, I’ll avoid the majority of what’s in it, and I’m glad I didn’t see that until AFTER the film, but for the next bit that references it, I’ll put it behind a spoiler section anyway, so it’s up to you whether or not you read it.
Additionally, there’s a brief moment where ever-welcome Fiona Shaw turns up for the evening, as Kate’s friend, Leslie, but overall, Echo Valley is like a 50-min drama dragged out twice as long as it should, with such a basic plot that you’ve seen this story countless times before, and this film bends credibility so hard, and then later, it completely snaps!
Echo Valley is on Apple TV+ from Friday. It’s not yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 103 minutes
Release date: June 13th 2025
Studio: Apple TV+
Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
Rating: 2/10
Director: Michael Pearce
Producers: Brad Ingelsby, Michael Pruss, Ridley Scott, Kevin J Walsh
Screenplay: Brad Ingelsby
Music: Jed Kurzel
Cast:
Kate Garretson: Julianne Moore
Claire Garretson: Sydney Sweeney
Jackie Lawson: Domhnall Gleeson
Leslie Oliver: Fiona Shaw
Ryan Sinclair: Edmund Donovan
Detective Ballard: Albert Jones
Richard Garretson: Kyle MacLachlan
Audrey: Katya Campbell
Joan: Melanie Nicholls-King
Emma Hanway: Rebecca Creskoff
Mallory Hanway: Audrey Grace Marshall
Randy: John Finn
Patty: Kristina Valada-Viars
Hannah: Luciana VanDette
Park Ranger: Jared Canfield
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