Death Note

Name: Death Note
Director: Adam Wingard
Released: 2017

2017 film directed by Adam Wingard

FilmfilmQ22077183

Released: 2017
Director: Adam Wingard
Screenwriter: Jeremy Slater
Producer: Roy Lee
Cast: Nat Wolff
, Margaret Qualley
, Willem Dafoe
, LaKeith Stanfield
+2 more
Runtime: 101 min
Genre: thriller film
, horror film
Country of origin: United States

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Death Note is a 2017 American supernatural crime thriller film directed by Adam Wingard from a screenplay by Charles and Vlas Parlapanides and Jeremy Slater, loosely based on the manga of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. It stars Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, Jason Liles, and Willem Dafoe. The plot follows an American high school student named Light Turner, who finds a mysterious supernatural notebook known as the Death Note and uses it to murder criminals around the globe under the alias of Kira, while an international detective known only as L seeks to find and arrest him.

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Based on: Death Note
Director of photography: David Tattersall
Color: color
Title: Death Note
Kijkwijzer rating: 16 content descriptor: Coarse language, Fear
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Narrative location: Washington
Media franchise: Death Note
Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 43/100(December 2, 2025) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 14 critic review
38%(October 10, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 76 critic review
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4.9/10(October 10, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Takes place in fictional universe: Death Note universe

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