Master

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Master

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Released Mar 18, 2022

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past... and present.

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Critics Consensus

It can be didactic rather than truly suspenseful, but Master is an impressively well-crafted horror outing with a lot on its mind.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

A really interesting film, with more than a little Jordan Peele in it.

Apr 15, 2022

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

What this film wants to do is convey how all of this feels like a horror movie... It maintains that tone throughout.

Mar 30, 2022

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Robert Levin

Newsday

"Master" is a genre picture that works as well as it does because it's rooted in everyday horrors.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 28, 2022

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

The film does drag in the second act, as the mystery slowly builds and builds... However, Master has a decent final note and is a confident, chilling campus horror from Mariama Diallo.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 25, 2024

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Gautam Sunder

The Hindu

A fantastic Vijay and Vijay Sethupathi try hard, but a so-so screenplay makes their job difficult...

Jul 18, 2024

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Lee Zumpe

Tampa Bay Newspapers

It’s an ambitious experiment that sometimes stumbles, but in the end its relevance eclipses its narrative fuzziness.

Oct 31, 2023

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David F

This horror movie set at a small, ivy-ish college gets a lot right about tone and setting, and it is scary, but the racial angle it brings to the genre comes off as self-important rather than fresh or new.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/05/24

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Cemi H

One of the best movies I've seen.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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Dave C

It's a shame this isn't hitting higher than 3.5*. The three leads are superb in their roles, and the story itself is a good one. Unfortunately the execution is lacking. The delivery of something truly ominous and scary isn't enough without a cohesive backstory, and this film lacks just that. It leaves the scares and tension listless and less effective

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/13/24

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Kyle M

Agreeably didactic that only contributes to an ongoing discussion as slowly demonstrated, positioning this better purposed as psychological drama except it tried to sell horrifically by atmosphere and visual cues which were crafted irrelevantly and disjointedly, therefore lessening the impact Regina King aimed for in her performance. (C+)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Jacob B

Another leftist-pandering propaganda piece about a black savior protagonist surrounded by a sea of "racist white republicans" classmates. Your basic leftwing cookie cut-out "horror" trope, shoving the same-old systemic racist propaganda bullcrap down your throat by insinuating that America is deeply rooted in racism at the hands of the evil caucasians (all republican of course) The only "decent" white people in the film are white liberals who can do no wrong. At any rate, this review probably won't even make it on the review page because Rotten Tomatoes is rotten to the core and doesn't like it when the audience disagrees with their leftist pandering reviews, which always upvotes liberal trash and downvotes anything that is wholesome, conservative, family oriented or based on Christian values. If you like politically correct steaming turds disguised as movies than this flick is definately for you!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/08/24

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Audience Member

What started off with a lot of promise ended up very anti climactic. I didn’t know if it was supposed to be a horror movie or a social commentary on race relations.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/17/23

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Synopsis

At an elite New England university built on the site of a Salem-era gallows hill, three women strive to find their place. Navigating politics and privilege, they encounter increasingly terrifying manifestations of the school's haunted past... and present.

Director: Mariama Diallo
Producer: Joshua Astrachan, Brad Becker-Parton, Andrea Roa
Screenwriter: Mariama Diallo
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Animal Kingdom, Big Indie Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 18, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2022
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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