Reviews

Tedious. Made with checkmarks in mind. Not compelling as a crime series nor a drama.

Terrible writing. Just terrible. I'm genuinely baffled by the fact that this movie got greenlit at all. There are no logical coherence anywhere and all characters defy human nature by not trying to find out WHY the stowaway is there. It makes no sense. None whatsoever. It's a rare occurrence for me when I'm left angry that I've wasted close to two hours on a movie - it's even rarer for me to leave a review here - But if I can salvage two hours of your life by saving you from this black hole of a movie, then I will have accomplished more than the crew in the movie do.

This movie is missing something important. It has no soul. It has no Heart. It's streamlined and unsurprising. There seems to be no distinct climactic point as well as problems with suspense. You are never invested and everything feels lackluster. It's very barebones plotwise and revokes at best a storyline from an old x-files episode. After watching it I had trouble figuring out why this movie was even made. It seems to me like the team behind it is hellbent on making anything new or boundary-pushing story/plot wise, which is a shame. Other Ti West movies have at least managed to create some sort of retro mood, but his attempt in Sacrament falls a long way short. So this movie is definitely not worth your time.

If you are going to watch this movie, you need to give yourself adequate space to do so. This is a philosophical movie and not exactly easy to watch. It comes across more as visual poetry than anything else and therefore won't appeal to a mass audience. Which is partially the reason for a rather low score on this site. In my opinion it deserves more; the reason for this is that I firmly believe a movie has to be critiqued on the basis of it's type - you shouldn't judge this movie on the basis of all movies, but other movies of this sort, which are close adaptations of novels packed with dense dialogue and philosophical themed subject matter. The question you're looking for the answer to is "should I watch this movie?" And yes, you should, but curb your expectations to what type of movie it is. In it's genre, I find it thoughtprovoking and streamlined; It's a limo slowly being covered by graffiti; Something cold, perfect and seamless being torn apart from within. You will find no typical storyline and no lovable characters; at several times I thought to myself that these characters are in fact portraying computers assessing and processing information and various symptoms of the human condition. People do not talk like they do in this movie. The movie is very well executed and absolutely worth your time. If you are interested in this type of movie that is - and if that's the case it will likely leave you inspired in some way because you are constantly thinking throughout.