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The Vessel

2016

Julio Quintana

Martin Sheen, Lucas Quintana, Jacqueline Duprey, Aris Mejias ...

5.0

211

Drama Ten years after a tidal wave destroys a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.

	Author	Review
United States	Andy Webster The New York Times	"'The Vessel' is a modest, but not maudlin, parable of hope about mustering the strength to vigorously plunge again into life’s uncertainties after a devastating loss."	POS
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Filmed in a gorgeous, dreamlike style and Infused with heavy doses of mysticism and allegory, 'The Vessel' is an impressive effort that loses some of its impact, however, for being so derivative."	NEU
United States	David Lewis SFGATE	"Quintana brings a stunning visual flair to his film, and Sheen has a fine moment when he ponders the thin line between miracles and tragedies. But we keep waiting for the film to wash over us, and it never quite does."	NEU
United States	Nick Schager Variety	"This muted, moving small-scale tale of sorrow and faith will strike a chord with both the churchgoing crowd and aficionados of Malick's contemplative, theologically predisposed cinema."	POS
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"It's a strange brew: stark yet beautiful, urgent yet dreamlike."	POS

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