The Vast of Night

Amazon Studios | Release Date (Streaming): May 29, 2020

6.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 156 Ratings

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Kmanu31002Jan 5, 2022

The movie is overrated. The professional, typical critics must be bought out or deprived of their senses because the movie is boring. I fell asleep once. Went back to rewatch and make sure I didn’t miss anything and still trash script. ThisThe movie is overrated. The professional, typical critics must be bought out or deprived of their senses because the movie is boring. I fell asleep once. Went back to rewatch and make sure I didn’t miss anything and still trash script. This movie tries too hard to impress you with a long monologue and long dialogues. Poor character development. Nobody cares about these long scenes using old technology. Show us for a second, then move on. Would have been nice if they did some flashbacks instead of literally showing us black screens with audio over it, ridiculous. If the producers wanted to tell us so much about the movie they should have made a damn podcast. We go to the movies to see, not stare at blank screens. They focus to much on telling us about what happened as opposed to showing us. Don t waste your time.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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10DavidTennentJun 23, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie was ATROCIOUS!! This alleged "sci-fi suspense" movie had absolutely NO suspense. I watched the entire movie waiting for something to happen--but nothing did. I'd say this movie was predictable--but that would be giving it too much credit. In a nutshell: The Vast of Night was PAINFUL TO WATCH and a complete waste of my time. There are NO spoilers because the movie, from start to finish, dragged on and on and on. The only question I have is--what happened to the baby?? Hopefully it was "Beamed Up" and saved from growing up in this wretchedly boring town and it's people.… Expand

6 of 8 users found this helpful62

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iduncan91Jun 26, 2020

An absolute waste of time. They used the whole movie setting up for some type of big reveal and there was nothing significant. The entire movie should have been a 30 min beginning of a real movie.

4 of 6 users found this helpful42

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GatorZeroAug 8, 2020

Boring, dumb, and a pointless story that goes nowhere. I wish I spent my time doing something else.

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

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katezoeAug 8, 2020

This was a boring film! I felt I was watching someone's school project. Do not understand the good reviews.

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AddamMay 31, 2020

Sooo overrated. Some nice elements to it but no payoff was severely disappointing. 2 hours of my life I’ll never get back.

9 of 15 users found this helpful96

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ScraperAug 2, 2020

Period-correct eyeglasses and settings are all you need to stimulate critics, but the baffling absence of any point had me dumbfounded. Some of the scenes were fixed shots that lasted so long I wondered if there was anything I missed -Period-correct eyeglasses and settings are all you need to stimulate critics, but the baffling absence of any point had me dumbfounded. Some of the scenes were fixed shots that lasted so long I wondered if there was anything I missed - either from sheer boredom or the mesmerizing effect of watching someone in the same position for minutes on end. The script plods on in linear fashion, meeting a few new people along the way whom add incredibly dull monologues that never tie into the plot - a plot that was simply missing. It's like dumping air into an empty canyon. All actions and conversations amount to zero meaning or consequence. It was pretty amazing how terrible it was.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariJun 16, 2020

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If you're on a ridiculous budget and want to (re)make "Close Encounters," debut with a movie like "The Blair Witch Project", add single theatrical act monologues and fixed or dynamic sequence shots, spend the little money for a(Mauro Lanari)
If you're on a ridiculous budget and want to (re)make "Close Encounters," debut with a movie like "The Blair Witch Project", add single theatrical act monologues and fixed or dynamic sequence shots, spend the little money for a unique special effect at the end. Forget about comparisons with Spielberg, Kelly or Nolan, thanks.… Expand

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kaliphoniaJun 1, 2020

Very boring with little to no point or character development whatsoever. Not quite sure where all the hype is coming from, but it definitely doesn't deserve it.

7 of 12 users found this helpful75

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RSilveira6Jun 1, 2020

Overrated I dislike absolutely everything about this movie, the characters, the plot and way it is told. Don't waste your time.

4 of 7 users found this helpful43

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TVJerryJun 2, 2020

This is one of those films that's garnering great reviews from many critics (myself NOT included), but the general pop doesn't get it. It's set (literally and stylistically) in the 50s, when a young switchboard operator (Sierra McCormick) andThis is one of those films that's garnering great reviews from many critics (myself NOT included), but the general pop doesn't get it. It's set (literally and stylistically) in the 50s, when a young switchboard operator (Sierra McCormick) and radio DJ (Jake Horowitz) discover a strange sound coming from several places. They set out to discover the mysterious presence that's looming over their small town. While I can appreciate the director's period approach peppered with subtle modern techniques, it seems there's more interest in the style of the storytelling than in creating a compelling experience. Some scenes drag on FOREVER and two of the biggest "reveals" are conveyed in tedious scenes (one on the phone and the other in a long static shot). The final outcome is mildly cool, but not worth the tedium to get there.… Expand

3 of 6 users found this helpful33

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DeanomiteJun 7, 2020

camerawork, photography, acting and lighting are all top notch. The script is very boring, up to 75 minutes in there are no relationships or plot points. blaaaah. High scoring reviews indicate Amazon is on top of the review as advertisement game.

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

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ThomassJul 3, 2020

I did watch this film and there are some technical things that work to keep one involved. It really did look like we were back in the 50’s there. That said it was pretty boring and I could not help but notice the lack of production values.I did watch this film and there are some technical things that work to keep one involved. It really did look like we were back in the 50’s there. That said it was pretty boring and I could not help but notice the lack of production values. Reminded me of an exercise in film school , not a movie.… Expand

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Cateash77Dec 12, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Don't be deceived by the great reviews! This is a really awful movie and I have a pretty generous threshold for this sort of thing. The dialogue is impossible to understand-might be because I'm Australian but I could not understand a word the male character said. The audio was muffled and low budget. Some interesting use of light and dark and filters but the overly long scene with the 'mysterious military man' calling into the radio station is pure torture. Barely any plot or character development. We stopped watching at the 58 minute mark. Terrible!… Expand

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acturnerJun 5, 2020

The Vast of Night is one in a long line of low-budget sci-fi movies that relies on the viewers imagination for all the sci-fi aspects. There are no special effects. The script is straight out of a 1930's radio play. It believes itself to beThe Vast of Night is one in a long line of low-budget sci-fi movies that relies on the viewers imagination for all the sci-fi aspects. There are no special effects. The script is straight out of a 1930's radio play. It believes itself to be some form of Orson Welle's War of the Worlds, but really its just a very boring episode of Art Bell. Several people found this movie enjoyable and I don't doubt their sincerity, but I was just bored silly. The film completely failed to capture my imagination, much less my attention.… Expand

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sicvitaJun 6, 2020

I simply refuse to watch a film with such aglaring grammatical error in it's title. For the title to make any sense it should read "The Vastness of Night" or even "The Vastity of Night" but as it appears here it makes no sense. Just pathetic,I simply refuse to watch a film with such aglaring grammatical error in it's title. For the title to make any sense it should read "The Vastness of Night" or even "The Vastity of Night" but as it appears here it makes no sense. Just pathetic, idiocracy has arrived I'm afraid.… Expand

3 of 16 users found this helpful313

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hesnotdrunkSep 4, 2023

Trying to bypass a low-budget with creativity is commendable, just not when you are sticking to poorly lit shots of meandering characters with barely any direction. As a 25-30 minute retro Twilight Zone-esque episode, this could have worked.Trying to bypass a low-budget with creativity is commendable, just not when you are sticking to poorly lit shots of meandering characters with barely any direction. As a 25-30 minute retro Twilight Zone-esque episode, this could have worked. It is otherwise a case study in how critics (and some gullible viewers) can be manipulated if a film is packaged correctly by a distributor (i.e. low-budget first time filmmaker paying homage to 1950s B-grade sci-fi... so excuse all the shortcomings with this in mind). A for effort, C- for execution. The sum of a few cinematic shots and endless meandering dialogue does not make a good film.… Expand

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