God's Country (2022 film)

God's Country is a 2022 thriller film starring Thandiwe Newton. The film was directed by Julian Higgins.[3][4]

God's Country
Release poster
Directed byJulian Higgins
Screenplay by
  • Julian Higgins
  • Shaye Ogbonna
Based on"Winter's Light"
by James Lee Burke
Produced by
  • Julian Higgins
  • Miranda Bailey
  • Halee Bernard
  • Amanda Marshall
Starring
CinematographyAndrew Wheeler
Edited byJustin LaForge
Music byDeAndre James Allen-Toole
Production
companies
Distributed byIFC Films
Release dates
  • January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23) (Sundance)
  • September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16) (United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$493,679[1][2]

Premise

A college professor is drawn into an escalating battle of wills after she finds two hunters trespassing on her property.

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 82 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Led by an outstanding Thandiwe Newton, God's Country rewards patient viewers with a slow-burning but ultimately explosive story of inexorable conflict."[5] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com said, "It’s a film that understands both form and content, merging the two in a story that feels less like a piece of suspenseful entertainment and more like a warning."[7] Dennis Harvey of Variety said, "God’s Country (the title of which hints at another running theme of faith and doubt) is admirable for avoiding caricature within conflict, and granting dramatic personae the depth to hesitate before giving in to their angriest first impulses."[8]

References
  1. "God's Country (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  2. "God's Country (2022)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. "God's Country review: Thandiwe Newton has never been better". The A.V. Club. September 13, 2022.
  4. Kraft, Tim (September 12, 2022). "Exclusive: Julian Higgin's on God's Country and Thandiwe Newton". MovieWeb.
  5. "God's Country". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  6. "God's Country". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  7. Tallerico, Brian. "Sundance 2022: God's Country, Emily the Criminal, Resurrection". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  8. Harvey, Dennis. "'God's Country' Review: Thandiwe Newton Anchors a Thriller of Escalating Disputes in Big Sky Country". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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