'

Sky Peals

Play trailer

Sky Peals

2023

1h 31m

Drama

Sci-Fi

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

100%

Tomatometer

15 Reviews

Popcornmeter

Fewer than 50 Ratings

Adam works nightshifts at a motorway service station and lives a small and lonely life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers. Piecing together a complicated image of a man he never knew, Adam starts to become convinced he descends from an alien race.

Ian Freer

Time Out

Sky Peals lacks compelling conflicts and narrative fireworks, but Hussain’s film is a mood. The director and his cinematographer, Nick Cooke, shooting on 35mm film, effectively find the otherworldly in the ordinary.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 11, 2024

Full Review

Yasmin Omar

Empire Magazine

Sky Peals builds tension effectively, but stops short of meaningfully engaging with its chosen (and very worthwhile) themes. Still, if it’s a creepy-mood piece you’re after, this fits the bill.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2024

Full Review

Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

It's using the science fiction idea, in the way that science fiction should be used, which is to talk about things that are completely down to earth.

Aug 15, 2024

Full Review

Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

This British indie sci-fi is a strange but likable tale of an outsider finding himself increasingly cut off despite very much living in the modern world.

Feb 12, 2025

Full Review

Eric Langberg

Everything's Interesting

The whole thing would fall apart without its central performance, but Faraz Ayub gives the movie its touching emotional core. It’s one of the most tender, nuanced depictions of depression that I think I’ve ever seen.

Sep 29, 2024

Full Review

Markie Robson-Scott

The Arts Desk

Moin Hussain’s debut feature is a sci-fi-inspired parable of alienation, often agonisingly slow and lacking in dramatic tension but strong on atmosphere and there are even a few laughs.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 8, 2024

Full Review

Read all reviews

Nick B

Very slow to start with, quite grim, and doesn’t pick up a great deal in pace. It took me a litte while to fully engage, but it drew me in entirely as the narrative progressed. Turned out to be a very rewarding emotional journey. Highly recommended.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

Full Review

THE D

So slow I could barely stay with it. Doesn’t get better at the end. Wish I hadn’t paid to rent it

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/12/24

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Moin Hussain

Director

Faraz Ayub

Adam

Natalie Gavin

Tara

Claire Rushbrook

Donna

Simon Nagra

Hamid

Steve Oram

Jeff

Tropic

100%

67%

Tropic

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Tropic

Man Underground

90%

%

Man Underground

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Man Underground

Stone Turtle

%

%

Stone Turtle

Watchlist

Roswell Delirium

%

%

Roswell Delirium

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Roswell Delirium

The Midnight Sky

50%

26%

The Midnight Sky

Watchlist

TRAILER

for The Midnight Sky

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

Adam works nightshifts at a motorway service station and lives a small and lonely life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers. Piecing together a complicated image of a man he never knew, Adam starts to become convinced he descends from an alien race.

Director: Moin Hussain
Producer: Michelle Stein
Screenwriter: Moin Hussain
Distributor: Sunrise Films
Production Co: Film4, Escape Films
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 3, 2024
Runtime: 1h 31m

Most Popular at Home Now