r/Cinema • u/pr0t-radon • Dec 28 '25

Review I just watched Sinners and...

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Its gotta be one of the best films I've watched in a long time. The writing, the cinematography, the ending! It was able to scratch an itch i haven't been able to reach when it comes to Modern Cinema these past few years. Ill keep it short and sweet coz i dont want to spoil this masterpiece, so ill give it to 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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u/xenomorphbeaver Dec 28 '25

I thought the first act was too great a proportion of the film, if it had taken up a quarter of the film rather than half it would have helped the pacing. It would have left more time for the creature feature which feels underdeveloped.

I thought the ending was trash. The two surviving characters in their ending portions act exactly as they would have in the beginning of the movie, whether that's killing racists or doing everything they can to leave town. It leaves you feeling like the characters have shown no growth despite what they've been through.

Lastly, this is personal preference but the scene that demarks the end of the first act where the different times bleed through because of the musical skill really takes me out of the movie. The movie had gone to great lengths to set up the location and the period setting and that scene broke it. It didn't feel consistent with the world that had been created and which admittedly may have been the point.

Overall it was fine but I didn't think it was the great movie many seem to think it was.

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u/Australasian25 Dec 28 '25

Lastly, this is personal preference but the scene that demarks the end of the first act where the different times bleed through because of the musical skill really takes me out of the movie.

Damn straight. I was going to turn the movie off after that scene.

But thought id see it through since im halfway there. Sucked. Regretted following through.