Closer to God

Name: Closer to God
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
Released: July 3, 2015
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 54

2015

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Uncork'd Entertainment | Release Date: July 3, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Dr. Victor Reed has just achieved a huge scientific breakthrough by successfully cloning the first human being, an adorable baby girl named Elizabeth. This immediately becomes a media spectacle and ignites a firestorm of debate concerning the moral and religious implications of such a discovery. Soon, Dr. Reed and his family lose all senseDr. Victor Reed has just achieved a huge scientific breakthrough by successfully cloning the first human being, an adorable baby girl named Elizabeth. This immediately becomes a media spectacle and ignites a firestorm of debate concerning the moral and religious implications of such a discovery. Soon, Dr. Reed and his family lose all sense of privacy and safety as they are swarmed by protesters and the media. Their biggest threat, however, could be Victor’s own secret.… Expand

Director: Billy Senese

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Gary Goldstein

Jul 2, 2015

With admirable economy, writer-director Billy Senese has crafted an eerie piece that's as much an effective cautionary tale as it is a stirring film of ideas — and ideals. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Jul 2, 2015

Don’t expect profundities on the ethics of cloning. And don’t expect Oscar-worthy acting. Senese’s accomplishment — and it’s done with a certain restraint — is to replicate the look and feel of ’70s horror films, which had become more assaultive on audience sensibilities than their predecessors, breaking taboos and borrowing techniques from exploitation films. Read full review

Steven Rea

Jul 2, 2015

Students of sound design and horror-movie scores should see - or hear - Closer to God, which elicits more creepy scares than its transparent plot warrants, thanks to an unsettling audio mix and pulsing, percolating music from Thomas Nöla. Read full review

Wes Greene

Jun 29, 2015

The end result suggests Re-Animator as told through an airless CNN report. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jul 2, 2015

The result is ultimately admirable more for what it resists — the usual sci-fi horror exploitation cliches — than for the watchable yet somewhat underwhelming impact of a narrative that feels perhaps a little too reined-in for its own good. Read full review

Andy Webster

Jul 2, 2015

Having painted Victor as a transgressive offender, Mr. Senese backpedals furiously with a coda asserting the potential rewards of genetic manipulation. It isn’t convincing. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jul 2, 2015

The writer/director deserves credit for his comparatively low-key approach to the potentially exploitative material, but much like the infant baby at its center, the film seems artificially cobbled-together. Read full review

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