Seven Veils

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Seven Veils

Released Mar 7

1h 47m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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After years away, theater director Jeanine (Academy Award® nominee Amanda Seyfried) re-enters the opera world to stage her former mentor's most famous work. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as her personal and professional lives begin to unravel.

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Critics Consensus

One of director Atom Egoyan's most successful efforts in years and a multidimensional showcase for Amanda Seyfried, Seven Veils dives from the rafters to make an uneven but ultimately insightful landing.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Although the story does not have a completely successful rhythm... there is no choice but to surrender to the character of Jeanine, brilliantly played by Seyfried. [Full review in Spanish]

Mar 11, 2025

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Jourdain Searles

RogerEbert.com

Egoyan has always delved right into fraught familial ties without shying away from ugliness, and "Seven Veils" is perhaps his most overt exploration of familial trauma.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 10, 2025

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Maxwell Rabb

Chicago Reader

Instead of sharpening its blades on the operatic chaos radiating from its main character, the film loses its edge, veering into an overwrought territory that ultimately diminishes its finale.

Mar 8, 2025

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David Bax

Battleship Pretension

Seven Veils might be one of the definitive statements on the how and, more intriguingly, the why of directing.

Apr 12, 2025

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Whang Yee Ling

The Straits Times (Singapore)

Seyfried brings operatic ardour to a layered tale of female desire and sexual violence.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 10, 2025

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Ayeen Forootan

In Review Online

With Seven Veils, Egoyan has delivered a bacchanal feast for the eyes and ears, a playful and sybaritic victual for the mind to turn over for some time.

Apr 3, 2025

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Darryl

It was ok the ending was not good

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/11/25

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Will

Atom Egoyan uses his own blockbuster staging of Richard Strauss' "Salome" as the backdrop for a contemporary drama that struggles to entwine story threads about the creation of art, backstage politics, MeToo, sexual trauma and marriage anxiety. Alas, the results are a near-incoherent mess. Seyfried gives it her all, but the entire film is weighed down by multiple storylines that feel like bumper cars smashing into one another incessantly. Egoyan has every right to be proud of his brilliantly conceived 2023 production of "Salome," which looks like it would have made a better movie than this. Maybe if he had trimmed a few subplots from his script and better developed just one or two of them, he would have a stronger drama. Instead, he made a "multilayered" mess full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/10/25

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Remy

Didn't enjoy much. Story about a bipolar theater director was boring.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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acsdoug D

Pretentious and overbearing, and to top off its girl power narrative all the men are a-holes. of course.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/18/25

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Audience Member

Amanda is such an underrated performer, so good, and she is the main reason why this movie is entertaining. That's not a diss to everyone else, it's just that Amandas star power and charisma is really easy to get lost in. I thought the end was sort of predictable, and they didn't dive deeper into that subject matter because they wanted to keep it under wraps. I just think the film would've been more intriguing if it was a deep dive into said subject matter. The story feels like it meanders at points, and there are like two awkward moments, but mostly I thought the film was okay, watchable. Good performers, well shot, directed with intrigue, story... decent, not enough substance. A lot of unreleased potential. Did enjoy my time overall, hence 2,5 stars. It is something different, which I love. Thank you.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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D H

pretentious gloop. The dialogue is so contrived. The interactions between characters are unnatural. Amanda is not good at ad lib. or filling in the gaps. you are safe to put in a load of laundry and walk back-and-forth while this plays on the TV. (and this is coming from a theater kid)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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Synopsis

After years away, theater director Jeanine (Academy Award® nominee Amanda Seyfried) re-enters the opera world to stage her former mentor's most famous work. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, Jeanine allows her repressed trauma to color the present as her personal and professional lives begin to unravel.

Director: Atom Egoyan
Producer: Niv Fichman, Atom Egoyan, Simone Urdl, Kevin Krikst, Fraser Ash
Screenwriter: Atom Egoyan
Distributor: XYZ Films / Variance Films
Production Co: XYZfilms, Cinetic Media, Rhombus Media, Téléfilm Canada, Canadian Opera Company, Ego Film Arts, IPR.VC
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 7, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 8, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $111.7K
Runtime: 1h 47m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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