God's Country

R

Released Sep 16, 2022

1 hr. 43 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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When a college professor in the remote mountains of the American West confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she’s drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences. Based on the short story “Winter Light” by James Lee Burke.

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Led by an outstanding Thandiwe Newton, God's Country rewards patient viewers with a slow-burning but ultimately explosive story of inexorable conflict.

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Mona

The movie was slow and depressing. It had no point.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/24/22

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Oscar C

Some scenes appeared long, but yiu didnt appreciate them until it was over.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/24/22

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Mr. Hollywood

One of those movies where it starts off decent enough and pulls you in and then it takes a sharp left turn and goes into Wokeness and hits all those points and you cant help but sit there and just roll your eyes. And that final scene man oh man its so

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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Frank G

Story line was interesting. The movie overall was too slow, and some scenes were too long.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/23/22

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Ramon

Excellent movie ..reality of the movie its scary to think that there is places in the USA that exist with their own to say laws/rules

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/23/22

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Beautiful sceanare

Living in the wilderrney it’s swift how scared automatiy. But she got those bad men in

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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Julian Higgins

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Thandiwe Newton

Sandra

Dan Gravage

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Tanaya Beatty

Gretchen

Jeremy Bobb

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Joris Jarsky

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

Julian Higgins takes this very intimate and specific story that could have been a lurid B-movie and makes it art.

Sep 19, 2022

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Robert Daniels

Los Angeles Times

Newton braids every thread of generational trauma into a lived-in symbol of defiance and anger.

Sep 16, 2022

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Isaac Feldberg

RogerEbert.com

Profound and haunting.

Rated: 4/4

Sep 16, 2022

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Sarah Vincent

Cambridge Day

This is an unpredictable, majestic visual feast, sparse with dialogue and rife with superb performances, and Higgins’ sophomore feature is a strong contender for best American film of the year.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 16, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

The slow-moving God's Country has a very predictable ending. However, this drama about an escalating feud gets a tremendous boost from Thandiwe Newton's riveting performance, as well as how director Julian Higgins builds tension in the movie.

Mar 25, 2023

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Jared Mobarak

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Society has been pushed into the gray areas to acknowledge that innocuous events can spiral out of control and that incendiary ones demand a response. Newton delivers a character who can no longer avoid accepting that these truths are universal.

Rated: 9/10

Dec 9, 2022

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Synopsis

When a college professor in the remote mountains of the American West confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she’s drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences. Based on the short story “Winter Light” by James Lee Burke.

Director: Julian Higgins
Screenwriter: Shaye Ogbonna, Julian Higgins
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Cold Iron Pictures, Universal Films, The Film Arcade
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2022, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2022
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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