Reality

Though purposefully small in its scope, this film is a terrific showcase for the 25-year-old Sydney Sweeney.

This, the film says, is what it really feels like to be on the receiving end of the law in a case like this: a calm, professional, technocratic but relentless display of overwhelming power.

While the action unfolds over less than two hours in a semblance of real time, the spiral of tragedy feels full-bodied, no matter where you stand on Winner’s actions.

Reality can be stranger than fiction, but “Reality” fuses the two to become stranger, and more riveting, still.

Ultimately, it’s Sweeney’s show, and she excels in locating small crannies of tacit detail within these offhanded lines.

Reality transcends staginess as a strikingly well-realised piece of filmmaking, using judicious sound design and expressive lighting to gain a surreally vivid edge.

Sydney Sweeney is excellent in this gripping drama about a complex situation, full of alarming questions and escalating results. An impressive debut for writer/director Tina Satter. [Full review in Spanish]

Reality is a chilling & clinical look at the surveillance state & a fraught time for the US, with a transformative performance from Sweeney. 



Here is a film that's essentially three people having a long conversation in a bare, dirty room, and I was on the edge of my seat nearly the entire time.


It's startlingly gripping, churning with menace as complex characters reveal intricate details. Adapting her award-winning play, filmmaker Tina Satter inventively unearths bigger issues while taking the audience on a harrowing journey.