A Talent for Murder (2026) Review: Helen Mirren Is Wickedly Good as Patricia Highsmith

Vintage typewriter on a wooden desk before a lamplit Swiss Alpine chalet at dusk, evoking A Talent for Murder (2026).

Verdict: 3.5/5 — a sly, talky two-hander elevated by Helen Mirren at her wicked best. A Talent for Murder, opening in US theaters on Friday, October 23, 2026, in a limited release from Bleecker Street, imagines an encounter between the reclusive Patricia Highsmith and a young literary agent with a dangerous agenda. It is stagey, … Read more