Sinners

Don Shanahan of Every Movie Has a Lesson

2025-04-17

Ryan Coogler gives everything an important story, and, in the end, that concentration matters most. Steeped in all of these mythos and even more unmentioned sublayers of symbolism and imagery curated by a fleet of hired cultural consultants and their seals of approval, Sinners becomes grander and more profound than simply a sandbox genre experiment... Read more

Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen of I'm Jeffrey Rex

2025-04-21

It’s an instant classic barn-burner of a genre film — an ambitious and audacious original film that makes you want to both sink your teeth into it and shout its name from the rooftops. Read more

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2025-06-06

Coogler’s achievement is also technical—the film was shot in two distinct formats—and the vampire parable it weaves feels more timely and relevant than it initially appears. Read more

Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies

2025-04-20

I’m always desperate to see something different at the cinema and in that regard Ryan Coogler certainly delivered. It’s not perfect in my view. But Sinners is one of the most innovative films of the year so far and a rollicking good watch. Read more

Hope Madden of Maddwolf

2025-04-17

It’s scary. It’s sexy. The action slaps. It’s funny when it needs to be, sad just as often. It looks and sounds incredible. And there’s a cameo from Buddy F. Guy, in case you needed a little authenticity. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2025-04-19

There's much to admire here, and it's a pleasure to see a talented filmmaker given free rein away from the stifling constraints of franchise filmmaking. Read more