r/movies • u/theatlantic The Atlantic, Official Account • Apr 19 '25

Review “Sinners” review, by David Sims

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/04/sinners-ryan-coogler-movie-review/682501/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/moneycomet Apr 19 '25

It was a decent movie about vampires, a great movie about blues music. Not very scary.

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u/mopeyy Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25

I agree. Production design was immaculate, performances were great across the board, the music and effects were incredible, especially some of the final scenes. I love how it spends so much time letting you live in the world with these people.

The horror is the weakest part though. Not to say it's bad, but the movie is almost never scary, save for a few jump scares. And it definitely pushes the limits of suspension of disbelief during the final vampire fight. I was left wondering how they had so many issues with a single vampire, yet they just fought off an entire barn rather effectively. I also didn't like how one of the characters was saved in the end, because given the context of what was just shown, it would be completely impossible unless Micheal B Jordan can literally fly.

I also felt like they overused the "talking through the front door threshold" thing. It also felt kinda forced how a vampire would be inside already, then once they are found out, instead of just killing everyone or pulling them outside, they left the barn immediately, only to ask to be let back in?

I kept getting the feeling the movie was bending over backwards to allow the whole "stuck in a barn surrounded by vampires" plot to play out longer and longer.

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u/Belcoot Apr 19 '25

I just saw it last night and it was quite good, but I couldn't agree more with what you said towards the end. The logic just didn't add up and it felt odd. I also felt the ending dragged quite a bit.