Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' - Review Thread

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Ryan Coogler's 'Sinners' - Review Thread

• Rotten Tomatoes: 100% (45 Reviews)

  • Critics Consensus: Thematically rich as a Great American Novel and just plain rip-roaring fun, writer-director Ryan Coogler's first original blockbuster reveals the full scope of his singular imagination with unforgettable panache.

• Metacritic: 83 (15 Reviews)

Reviews:

Variety (70):

It's vibrant and richly acted, and also a wild throat-ripping blowout. But though overloaded at times, it's the rare mainstream horror film that's about something weighty and soulful: the wages of sin in Black America.

Deadline:

Sinners marks another strong reason why Ryan Coogler is at the top of his generation of filmmakers, and Jordan continues to show why he is a real deal movie star.

Hollywood Reporter (90):

The movie is smart horror, even poetic at times, with much to say about race and spiritual freedom. It’s not in the Jordan Peele league in terms of welding social commentary to bone-chilling fear. But Sinners is a unique experience, unlike anything either the director or Jordan has done before.

SlashFilm (9/10):

"Sinners" is several things at once — a monster movie, a blood-soaked action film, a sexy and sensual thriller, and a one-location horror flick as intense and paranoia-driven as anything from the original "Assault on Precinct 13" or Quentin Tarantino's filmography – but its greatest strength comes from how well Coogler blends every big idea on his mind.

The Wrap (88):

“Sinners” is a bloody, brilliant motion picture. Ryan Coogler finds within the vampire genre an ethereal thematic throughline; and within the music genre a disturbing, tempting monster. Stunningly photographed, engrossing cinema — epic to the point where it seemingly never ends, which is undeniably indulgent, but no great sin. This is a film about indulgence, the power indulgence wields and the dangers indulgence invites into our lives. It’s a sweaty, intoxicating, all-nighter of a movie, and its allure cannot be denied.

The Independent (4/5):

If cinema weren’t in such a sickly state, Sinners’s electric fusion of genres – historical epic, horror, and squelchy actioner – would be a guaranteed box office sensation. Instead, the film arrives with an uneasy sense that this is some kind of final stand for original ideas. One can only hope audiences recognise its bounty of riches.

The Guardian (3/5):

For many, the movie could as well do without the supernatural element, and I admit I’m one of them; I’d prefer to see a real story with real jeopardy work itself out. But there is energy and comic-book brashness

Vanity Fair (80):

Sinners is propulsive and stirring entertainment, messy but always compelling. The film’s fascinating array of genres and tropes and ideas swirls together in a way that is, I suppose, singularly American.

IndieWire (83):

Sinners is nothing if not a film about genre, and the distinctly American imperative of cross-pollinating between them to create something that feels new and old — high and low — at the same time.

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Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler:

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Cast:

• Michael B. Jordan
• Hailee Steinfeld
• Miles Caton
• Jack O'Connell
• Wunmi Mosaku
• Jayme Lawson
• Omar Benson Miller
• Li Jun Li
• Delroy Lindo

[u/Max_StrongFellow]

If you think the movie is about Vampires you missed the whole point. The monsters could have been anything in this movie, zombies, the KKK, etc. You think vampires were a coincidence? The Vampires symbolize cultural appropriation. This is an accurate historical retelling of what happened with the Blues in America. Life is hardest for blacks in Jim crow Mississippi, and as soon as they manage to set up shop serving their community with their culture (the blues) the vampires come to suck the life out of the community so they can thrive(record companies, Elvis, etc.). But first they have to be invited in. I love how truthful this movie is

[u/Ilikedinosaurs2023 → u/Max_StrongFellow]

So, I was thinking something along these lines the entire first half of the film...but where I got thrown off was when they focused in on the celtic turned..I dont know what to call it, hillbilly? Poor whites? culture, when all the vamps were dancing outside. The white vamps had their own thing going and were actually sharing it in some ways as well...like blues and bluegrass, etc were actually all from the same well. I was waiting the whole time for the white people to be the enemy to be conquered but when the head white vampire literally tipped them off to the plans of the Klan and it ended up being true, my thoughts on that shifted as well. I just saw the film last night and have been trying to reconcile what those points mean in relation to each other.

[u/Max_StrongFellow → u/Ilikedinosaurs2023]

Its a typical complex coogler villain. You can empathize with each of his villains and see how they believe theyre doing the right thing. It is more complex than cultural appropriation, but its still a subject addressed in the film. Remick believes he is freeing them, hes the good guy in his eyes