Sinners
critic Reviews
, 97% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- A rip-roaring fusion of masterful visual storytelling and toe-tapping music, writer-director Ryan Coogler's first original blockbuster reveals the full scope of his singular imagination.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeKermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
This is a story told through its music, and it's so well done.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAdam KempenaarFilmspotting
Sinners is a redemption movie, a revenge movie with elements of Blaxploitation, and certainly a red-blood-soaked horror movie; it’s also deeply romantic and has the rhythms and audaciousness of some of our boldest musicals.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDwight BrownDwightBrownInk.com
Somewhere in this artful and audacious 137-minute horror/thriller is an even more phenomenal 120-minute film.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKevin MaherTimes (UK)
Yes, Coogler fluffs the ending, but by then all the heavy lifting has been done.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKristy PuchkoMashable
Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan deliver a vampire movie for the ages.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaThe Nightly (AU)
Do all the narrative and thematic threads come together? No. Sinners almost works better in parts than as a whole. But it’s always enthralling, as if you too is trapped in a spell, as if you’ve struck a bargain with the devil.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJohn SerbaDecider
Coogler makes it work through force of will, and the ability to make us feel intoxicated with the film’s energy and impressive visionary overtures. Music is love and danger and life.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWill DukesEsquire Magazine
There's so much more to love in Sinners. Coogler's film-nerd 10,000 hours are on ecstatic display, from the Miller's Crossing–like antics in the woods to the Jack Torrance–esque theatrics of his clown-faced demonics.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreYasser MedinaCinefilia
Coogler doesn't put much force into this supernatural horror tale about Southern vampires, and despite its aesthetic pretensions, it remains on fairly standard and predictable ground. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrian GillMad About Movies Podcast
Beautifully written, directed, acted, shot, scored... From top to bottom, Sinners is a triumph and officially launches Ryan Coogler as a brand unto himself.
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