Mass
critic Reviews
, 95% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- Mass requires a lot of its audience, but rewards that emotional labor with a raw look at grief that establishes writer-director Fran Kranz as a filmmaker of tremendous promise.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJordan KingEmpire Magazine
It may be a tough watch, but, boasting a quartet of excellent performances, Fran Kranz's directorial debut is a technically adept, emotionally exhausting yet deeply cathartic film that couldn't be more timely.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLinda MarricThe Jewish Chronicle
While stories such as We Need To Talk about Kevin capitalised on the shock value of its horrifying events by playing with a non-linear narrative, Kranz's film doesn't feel the need for any extra artifice.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDanny LeighFinancial Times
Movies trade in closure. Mass is honest enough to admit it is not always there to be had.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim RobeyDaily Telegraph (UK)
We see not one glimpse of the calamity that's blighted these lives, but in the eyes and faces of the four actors, we see it all.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
Mass is a wonderfully acted, if claustrophobic, ordeal of emotional pain.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJake CoyleAssociated Press
The performances are too internalized to seem theatrical. Often, "Mass" is most moving when they're simply listening.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAmy SmithInSession Film
Fran Kranz nailed it with his directorial debut by stripping back the filmmaking and focusing solely on the screenplay and the four brilliant actors he had in this single room.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDave GianniniInSession Film
Yes, it is stagey. It is basically in one location. But the screenplay and simple camerawork draw you in and brings you into horrific pain.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGeorge KowalikVague Visages
Particularly when individuals either find themselves or voluntarily choose to be separate from the rest of the family, character purposes and objectives present themselves. As in Mass, these purposes and objectives offer the key to achieving clarity.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreZach PopeZach Pope Reviews
MASS is an ASTOUNDING, RAW, HEARTSHATTERING, & EMOTIONAL Movie. Incredibly written/directed by Kranz, but MASS is a performance driven movie. Isaacs & Birney are EXCELLENT.
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