Rent The Righteous (2021)
3.0 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
A former priest, Frederic Mason (Henry Czerny), anguished by the tragic death of his young daughter, finds himself wrestling with his religious convictions when a mysterious young man (Mark O'Brien) appears wounded on his doorstop in need of assistance. After he and his wife Ethel (Mimi Kuzyk) welcome him across the threshold and into their household, Frederic sees an opportunity for redemption in this mysterious and troubled lost soul, who might just be an emissary from God, or maybe the Devil... Set amongst the bleak and forbidding landscapes of Newfoundland, crisply captured in tenebrous monochrome by cinematographer Scott McClellan, and featuring robust performances from all it's cast members, 'The Righteous' is a sombre supernatural chiller that builds to a memorable crescendo, and signals the emergence of a major new filmmaking talent. - Actors:
- Henry Czerny, Mark O'Brien, Mimi Kuzyk, Mayko Nguyen, Kate Corbett, Nigel Bennett
- Directors:
- Mark O'Brien
- Producers:
- Mark O'Neill, Allison White
- Writers:
- Mark O'Brien
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Canada
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/07/2022
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by wrijer, director, and actor Mark O'Brien and editor K. Spencer Jones
- Cast and crew interviews with Mark O'Brien, K. Spencer Jones, producer Mark O'Neill, actors Henry Czerny, Mimi Kuzyk, and Kate Corbett, cinematographer A.A. Scott McClellan, and production designer Jason Clarke
- Roundtable discussion with Mark O'Brien and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Ville of Radio Silence
- Stage Presentation and Q&A with Mark O'Brien and Henry Czernyfrom the World Premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival 2021
- Grimmfest 2021 live-streamed Q&A with Mark O'Brien
- Original soundtrack
- Image gallery, accompanied by the film's original score by Andrew Staniland
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Reviews (1) of The Righteous
When a stranger calls ... - The Righteous review by NP
This is a very good, intelligently scripted film. The cast comprises three people mainly and contains many long conversations. For such unrelenting dialogue, most of it one-note, nearly 100 minutes is far too long. Shorn of twenty minutes, things would be so much more effective.
Having said that, the acting on display is excellent, with the intruder suggesting a number of possibilities that remain largely unexplored, leaving the implications to the audience. The ending, for example, is largely open to question.
Filmed in cold black and white, and featuring some memorable haunted-house imagery, often beautifully lit, ‘The Righteous’ is unquestionably a fine film, and although the attention wandered a little once or twice, I ended up enjoying it a lot. My score is 7 out of 10.
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