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Hard-hitting, absorbing, and painfully relevant, The Overnighters offers an urgent and compassionate picture of life in 21st century America.
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It develops into a study of obsession, hypocrisy, righteousness and self-doubt, questioning motive and then gob-smacking the audience with the wholly unexpected. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It develops into a study of obsession, hypocrisy, righteousness and self-doubt, questioning motive and then gob-smacking the audience with the wholly unexpected.
Tom Long
While initially a gentle interrogation of Christian dogma, The Overnighters expands to a larger investigation of altruism and its roots in private psychologies. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: A | Full Review…
While initially a gentle interrogation of Christian dogma, The Overnighters expands to a larger investigation of altruism and its roots in private psychologies.
Eric Kohn
Moss uses images of drill towers or blistering flame as visual metaphors for other things transpiring on screen: the fracturing of a family, the heated fury that comes with a sense of betrayal. Dec 19, 2014
Moss uses images of drill towers or blistering flame as visual metaphors for other things transpiring on screen: the fracturing of a family, the heated fury that comes with a sense of betrayal.
Lisa Kennedy
"The Overnighters" is commendable for many reasons, not the least of which is the way it allows complex issues to remain complex. There is a clear conflict between the pastor and the town, but there's no good vs. evil. Nov 13, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"The Overnighters" is commendable for many reasons, not the least of which is the way it allows complex issues to remain complex. There is a clear conflict between the pastor and the town, but there's no good vs. evil.
Stephanie Merry
So much of "The Overnighters" tells all sorts of truths, and Moss earned the trust of his subjects, whatever they might think of the result. Nov 13, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
So much of "The Overnighters" tells all sorts of truths, and Moss earned the trust of his subjects, whatever they might think of the result.
Michael Phillips
The movie might seem like just another liberal do-gooder profile, yet a shocker ending throws new and disturbing light on the situation, amplifying the Christian themes at the heart of the story. Nov 13, 2014 | Full Review…
The movie might seem like just another liberal do-gooder profile, yet a shocker ending throws new and disturbing light on the situation, amplifying the Christian themes at the heart of the story.
J. R. Jones
A film that sheds layers like a rotting onion, this is cinema that forces a narrative that is constant. Apr 3, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A film that sheds layers like a rotting onion, this is cinema that forces a narrative that is constant.
D.W. Mault
Moss goes where the story takes him as Reinke's altruism increasingly appears to be an exercise in futility, chasing lost causes and threatening to become one himself. Nov 21, 2018 | Full Review…
Moss goes where the story takes him as Reinke's altruism increasingly appears to be an exercise in futility, chasing lost causes and threatening to become one himself.
Stephen Saito
[Director] Jesse Moss struck gold with this documentary; he tells the story that many people have experienced without exploitation or loss of dignity. Nov 8, 2018 | Full Review…
[Director] Jesse Moss struck gold with this documentary; he tells the story that many people have experienced without exploitation or loss of dignity.
Morgan Rojas
The Overnighters isn't just a movie about the economic crisis or the breakdown of the American Dream. Its powerful metaphors take it from very specific circumstances to something universal. Aug 31, 2018 | Full Review…
The Overnighters isn't just a movie about the economic crisis or the breakdown of the American Dream. Its powerful metaphors take it from very specific circumstances to something universal.
Pat Padua
If "The Overnighters" is accurate, Americans' sense of community has been sacrificed to tabloid fearmongering. It's a despairing look at how we got this way. Feb 16, 2018 | Full Review…
If "The Overnighters" is accurate, Americans' sense of community has been sacrificed to tabloid fearmongering. It's a despairing look at how we got this way.
Steve Erickson
It is a sobering, cautionary tale, and one well worth watching. Nov 27, 2017 | Full Review…
It is a sobering, cautionary tale, and one well worth watching.
Josh Terry
A fascinating look at the nature of humanity when a slew of job seekers descends on a small town in hopes of attaining work which doesn't exist. The residents of the town quickly choose sides and attempt to either help or hinder. Williston is a microcosm of society.
Super Reviewer
It's interesting, it's just not engaging.
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