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Audience Member Ti West has clearly done his research: it's hard to imagine a better movie could be made about Jonestown. This film brought the absolute horror of that day to life for me. The needless and appalling way all these people, nearly a 3rd of whom were children, died. Horror is the only word I know that comes close. Edit: Many commenters seem confused. The filmmaker has always been totally transparent that this is a simplified retelling of the Jonestown massacre in a modern setting. He's not hiding that whatsoever. I'll bet money that West heard the nightmarish Death Tape, and it got under his skin for good. And so he had to make this. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review Logan D Two documentary filmmakers journey to a hidden compound to help their friend locate his sister. First, let me say Kentucker Audley may be the best name I've ever heard. Seek out his film Strawberry Mansions for an odd treat. As for this film, it's a slow moving effort from West but it does feature his talent for atmosphere. The story is obviously influence by Jim Jones and Waco and their aren't many surprises knowing that fact. The actors are engaging, however. For a found footage film, however, I wasn't always sure who was filming. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/26/23 Full Review Alec B Yes it's an ambitious and sometimes frightening film, but it suffers from some really unconvincing performances and a dud of a finale. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review Emma S Idk how to explain how many things are wrong with this garbage. Total ripoff of Jonestown tragedy except it was real and this was horrible worrying and acting. Ridiculous individual death scenes overreacting, even to the Bic lighter scene. I just can only assume there's a generation not familiar with the event so don't truly under stand just how poorly this film was done. Even in the last moments of the film they are still pretending it's not Jonestown. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/02/23 Full Review Ana O It's... ok. Kinda disappointing. The movie is made well, acted well, everything is done well, except that it's just... not interesting. There are no twists. Everything that happens is extremely predictable. It's basically just the Jonestown story. Honestly if it had explicitly stated that or said "based on a true story" I would've enjoyed it more. I was just expecting it to be something different, because there have already been a ton of Jonestown movies made. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/12/23 Full Review John B Don't waste your time, basically copied what actually happened in Jonestown. Watch a real documentary regarding that tragedy, not this poor excuse for a movie. Bad acting, bad dialogue, bad movie. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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