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Critics Consensus: Hard-hitting, absorbing, and painfully relevant, The Overnighters offers an urgent and compassionate picture of life in 21st century America.
Critic Consensus: Hard-hitting, absorbing, and painfully relevant, The Overnighters offers an urgent and compassionate picture of life in 21st century America.
All Critics (69) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (68) | Rotten (1)
It develops into a study of obsession, hypocrisy, righteousness and self-doubt, questioning motive and then gob-smacking the audience with the wholly unexpected.
While initially a gentle interrogation of Christian dogma, The Overnighters expands to a larger investigation of altruism and its roots in private psychologies.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
[Director] Jesse Moss struck gold with this documentary; he tells the story that many people have experienced without exploitation or loss of dignity.
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.
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.
It is a sobering, cautionary tale, and one well worth watching.
It's about humanity: our paranoia, fear, and stubbornness to evolve into a species where peace could ever be a viable reality.
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.
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It's interesting, it's just not engaging.
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