2022 Directed by Andrew Semans
Margaret leads a successful and orderly life, perfectly balancing the demands of her busy career and single parenthood to her fiercely independent daughter Abbie. That careful balance is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past appears, bringing with it the horrors of Margaret’s past life.
Rebecca Hall Tim Headington Lars Knudsen Lucas Joaquin Lia Buman Alex Scharfman Drew P. Houpt Michael M. McGuire Tory Lenosky Tyler Campellone Max Silva Christine D'Souza Gelb
better, weirder, gorier, creepier than expected!
seems like a run-of-the-mill paranoid thriller until the audacious 8-minute unbroken close-up monologue by rebecca hall shatters the veil of normalcy. tim roth goes Full Freak and i love him for it!
Fiendishly splitting the difference between the kind of low-rent parental vigilante movies that will always live on basic cable, and the kind of high-brow polymorphic freakouts that all but died with Andrzej Żuławski, Andrew Semans’ aptly named “Resurrection” may never quite reach “Possession” levels of psychic collapse (what does?), but it sure gets a hell of a lot closer than the broad familiarity of its setup might lead you to expect. In fact, the first act of this impressively deranged Sundance premiere almost seems to lure you into a false sense of security on purpose.
There have been any number of basic psychological thrillers about strong women who get dismissed as “hysterical” and/or gaslit into self-doubt when they report an…
Oh I was so into this - wickedly good, nasty performances from Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth but I also loved how the script is just constantly fucking with someone and that seesaws between us and them all the time. Much to be said on gaslighting and mothering and protecting and leaving but it’s also just such horrible fun to watch without thinking about any of it
RESURRECTION is dark & psychologically disturbing thriller led by an astonishing Rebecca Hall who delivers the performance of her career. Considering the work she’s done with Christine, The Night House and Professor Marston & The Wonder Woman, I’m stunned that this is my favorite performance from her. A mother’s limitless dedication to protecting her children filled me with empathy for her rage, fear & sadness, all kickstarted by a jaw-dropping ten minute monologue in the first act. Anxiety-driven & with unparalleled levels of psychotic emotional commitment, it’s a masterclass that I won’t stop championing all year.
Sundance #37
SUNDANCE 2022
Film #7
Toni Collette in Hereditary
Lupita Nyong’o in Us
Rebecca Hall in Resurrection joins these women, who deserve to be recognized for their work but aren’t due to the genre of film (at least by the Oscars).
She’s absolutely brilliant and terrifying. The film is very well done but won’t work for those that prefer everything to make sense. I have to admit it’s pretty bizarre. I’m not sure how I feel about the film overall but there is no question Rebecca Hall is a force to be reckoned with. It’s always a great sign when I check the time not because I’m bored but because I don’t want the film to end. Of the Sundance films I’ve…
"I'm so confused what is this?" - Gwyn,
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Rebecca Hall!
A really intense and fun thriller with cool direction and a smart script. Hall and Roth are outstanding in this story that consistently had me going "what the fuck is happening" and "oh for real?" and stuff like that. I recommend going in without even reading the description but honestly there is no real way to anticipate everything you'll see.
Lots of fun for fans of dark thrillers.
Rebecca Hall blew the roof off the place. A gripping film about the deep, inescapable impacts of manipulation. Tim Roth is now terrifying forever.
Just got word that Rebecca Hall is going to be named co-owner of the Sundance Film Festival moving forward
*Sundance 2022*
When Rebecca Hall is in a psychological thriller you watch it ASAP. She is SCARY good here, maybe her best ever, and I say this even after her powerful and devastating performance in last year's The Night House. A movie that divulges information slowly but heavily. A couple very effective, hair-raising moments that are born out of pure acting rawness and solid filmmaking (she does this one thing with her voice and just... I had to rewind and make sure I didn't imagine it).
You're maybe going to hear a bit of the "meditation" on trauma/grief thing and, I mean I guess but, its really just a taut genre piece and weirdo psychological thriller with incredible acting (from…
