2022 Sundance Film Festival review roundup

I had a loaded day of films to watch from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival that included Master, Call Jane and Resurrection. Check out my review roundup from these films below.

2022 Sundance Film Festival review roundup

Master

Master follows two African American women in Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) and Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee), who have strange experiences at a white college in New England.

The way that director Mariama Diallo shot this film was some of the best shot sequences I’ve seen from a horror film in ages. The way she played with the shadows and shot some of the more intense sequences was brilliant. Master is a sharply written thriller that is equally fascinating and haunting at the same time. Regina Hall and Zoe Renee give two fantastic turns in this film. Both actresses demand you to watch them as they are on the screen.

Call Jane

"Just fall down a staircase, it worked for me."

The film follows Joy (Elizabeth Banks), a pregnant woman, but she doesn’t want to have the baby. Unfortunately, during that time of America, you were unable to get an abortion legally.

Director Phyllis Nagy isn’t afraid to get personal with the experience, which helps us understand what these women went through during these procedures. While the film has an important story to tell, the script felt a little all over the place during certain portions. Because of this, the run time has you looking at your watch. With that being said, Elizabeth Banks and the ensemble cast do deliver in the moments that matter the most to make the film very watchable

Resurrection

Rebecca Hall is one of my favorite actresses that is super underrated and I always love to watch her in Ben Affleck’s The Town. She was incredible in it. So, I am always in when I find out she is in something.

We begin to see what Margaret’s everyday life is like with work, her daughter, rampant sex life, and everything seems practically normal until she runs into someone we suspect is troubling for her. Once she sees him, her life begins to unravel.

Rebecca Hall is downright incredible in this film. She is the reason you are even remotely interested in what is transpiring. She has several scenes that remind us why she is one of Hollywood’s most consistent working actresses.

Andrew Semans built a solid film but tried too hard to make more of the movie than needed. Sometimes less is more and that was lost in this script. The writing of Margaret was strange and Rebecca Hall does what she can to elevate the character, but it felt like something was missing the entire time. I felt like something else could’ve been added to the story to make it more worth investing in what was happening.

Overall, the movie couldn’t build on it’s promise and ended up being a little bit of a letdown.

Which movies from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival are you excited to watch?