The Nun (2018 movie)
The Nun | |
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Directed by | Corin Hardy |
Written by | Gary Dauberman |
Produced by | Peter Safran James Wan |
Starring | Demián Bichir Taissa Farmiga Jonas Bloquet |
Cinematography | Maxime Alexandre |
Edited by | Michel Aller Ken Blackwell |
Music by | Abel Korzeniowski |
Production companies | New Line Cinema Atomic Monster Productions The Safran Company |
Release date | September 7, 2018 (United States) |
Running time | 96 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Nun is a 2018 American horror movie directed by Corin Hardy.[1] The movie stars Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, and Jonas Bloquet. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 7, 2018. It is additionally a part of The Conjuring movie universe.
Premise
[change | change source]A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.
Cast
[change | change source]- Demián Bichir as Father Burke
- Taissa Farmiga as Sister Irene
- Jonas Bloquet as Frenchie
- Bonnie Aarons as Valac
- Ingrid Bisu as Sister Oana
Release
[change | change source]The movie was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 7, 2018.
Reception
[change | change source]Critical response
[change | change source]On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie holds an approval rating of 27% based on 142 critic reviews with an average rating of 4.5/10. The critical consensus on the site reads "The Nun boasts strong performances, spooky atmospherics, and a couple decent set-pieces, but its sins include inconsistent logic and narrative slackness."[2] On Metacritic, the movie has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100 based on 32 critics indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]
Chelsea Phillips-Carr of Scene Creek scored the film a 2/5, and said "Gradually, The Nun loses interest in being a horror film".[4]
Bloody Disgusting writer Scott Weinberg praised the film and said that "There's an obvious attempt at delivering something slightly more mature than what we normally see in studio-released horror films."[5] Empire Magazine writer Kim Newman scored the film a 3/5, and stated that "It may be a familiar old dark castle runaround, but Corin Hardy delivers eerie images and nerve-scraping sound effects."[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "THE NUN | Official Site". THE NUN | Official Site. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ↑ "The Nun (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
- ↑ "The Nun (2018) Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
- ↑ Phillips-Carr, Chelsea (September 7, 2018). "Review: The Nun". Scene Creek. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
- ↑ Weinberg, Scott (September 7, 2018). "[Review] 'The Nun' is a Calmly, Consistently Creepy Slice of Gothic Horror". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
- ↑ Newman, Kim (September 6, 2018). "The Nun (2018) Review". Empire Magazine. Retrieved September 22, 2018.