Fresh
West's found-footage structure doesn't always entirely make sense, but it's easy to forgive "The Sacrament" its flaws.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Sacrament
Small towns have big secrets
2014 · 1h 33m · Not Rated Drama, Horror, Thriller
Overview
Leaving the city behind for a weekend of booze, bud and bonding at the coast, seven friends find themselves stranded en route to the Gulf Coast of Texas when a big storm interferes with their plans.
Director and cast
- Marilyn Burns as Beulah Standifer
- Avery Pfeiffer as Blake Mills
- Dakota Buchanan as Young Brahm
- Carl Bailey as The Hunter
- Cody Daniel as Congregation
- Stan-Lee Ray Baker as Congregation
- Sheril Rodgers as Janet Ranscombe
- Samantha Powell as Congregation
- Cory W. Ahre as Jason Ranscombe
- Ed Guinn as Luke Standifer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
The first half is a cautiously dread-inducing tour de force... The second half, however, when all hell breaks loose a little too quickly, is the disappointment.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Everything that happens is what you'd expect, and the choice of subject and the modifications West has made to the generic conventions don't add much to the suspense or thrills.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
Rotten
The Sacrament may not be a good movie, but it has enough virtues - enough gripping, well-put-together moments - that it made me reconsider my opinion of West as a director.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
The tension fizzles as The Sacrament narrows into predictability, indulging every cliche of found-footage filmmaking and Jonestown-styled cult apocalypticism.
John Semley, Globe and Mail
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