An ambitious movie, but maybe a bit too ambitious as it becomes three movies crammed into one.
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02/08/07
The Last Sin Eater (2007)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:7
Rotten:29
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: This earnest Christian parable is undone by its pompous dialogue and cheap FX.
Theatrical Release:May 15, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $246,483
Synopsis: When a mysterious man "absolves" her grandmother's sins by eating bread and wine at her grave, 10-year-old Cadi wants the same redemption -- while she's still alive! But in her quest for... [More]
Starring: Louise Fletcher, Henry Thomas, Liana Liberato, Soren Fulton
Director: Michael Landon
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Reviews for The Last Sin Eater
The film exposes one of its most distracting flaws: its low production values.
02/08/07
[Actors Henry Thomas and Louise Fletcher] are hamstrung by stilted dialogue; every sentence addressed to Liberato seems to begin with 'My dear child.'
02/08/07
It's not horrible, though the rather chintzy production values have a glorified made-for-television look.
02/08/07
Never afraid to overstate the obvious, helmer and co-scripter Landon establishes, underscores and italicizes each plot point with the well-intentioned didacticism of a Sunday School teacher.
02/08/07
Top CriticEfforts to build suspense, with ominous music and dark figures flashing past the camera, are laughably amateurish, as is the made-for-TV cinematography.
02/08/07
Top CriticThe look of The Last Sin Eater is muddy and indiscriminately focused. The camera always seems to be too far off when you wish to get a better look and too close when you wish that it would point at anything other than what’s in the frame.
02/08/07
Its chances of crossover success with the secular crowd seem remote, given the dramatic shortcomings. The cast's attempts to speak in the old country accent have uneven results. And the story often feels pedestrian and predictable.
02/08/07
Top CriticThe problem isn't Sin Eater's Christian theme -- in fact, the idea of a community shifting from paganism to Christianity is promising -- but that the movie can't find a way to integrate that theme into its story.
02/08/07
With its dulling straightforward pitch for Jesus, The Last Sin Eater seems like the worst of films from a non-born-again perspective.
02/08/07
The Last Sin Eater has flaws too hard to ignore. The lovely shots of Appalachian vistas are spoiled by cheesy special effects straight from the 1960s Chroma-Key era.
02/08/07
If Sin Eater wasn't so laborious, it might be easier to overlook the movie's predictability. With too many slow-developing subplots, though, it finally illicits a feeling something like squirming in a hard pew during a long-winded sermon.
02/08/07
Top CriticIt’s stunning how flat and lifeless this film is, and we won’t even talk about the chintzy special effects. Another cynical God-market outing from the folks at Fox Faith.
02/08/07
The only people who can possibly learn something from a movie like The Last Sin Eater are those who follow blindly.
02/07/07
Liberato muddles through a heavy-handed Christian agenda and barely legible plot.
02/06/07
Less a mainstream flick than faith-based entertainment aimed directly at believers and potential converts.
02/05/07
The Last Sin Eater doesn't skimp on either inspiration or suspense. I found it an unusual and highly satisfying movie experience.
02/01/07
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