The Vessel

Name: The Vessel
Genre: Drama
Released: September 16, 2016
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 67

2016

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Outsider Pictures | Release Date: September 16, 2016 | PG-13

Summary: Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school's remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten.

Director: Julio Quintana

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 86 min

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The Film Stage Brian Roan

Sep 15, 2016

As powerfully felt and gorgeously realized as anything one may see on screen this year. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Sep 15, 2016

Quintana's emphasis on Jungian dream logic gives his otherwise spartan parable a compelling mythic dimension. The Vessel may bring Malick to mind, but it also feels like a major work by an exciting new talent. Read full review

Steve Davis

Sep 14, 2016

The Vessel speaks eloquently. It’s a testament to the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen. Read full review

Nick Schager

Sep 15, 2016

Cuban-American writer-director Julio Quintana’s feature debut has an understated formal loveliness that helps offset its more heavy-handed allegorical inclinations. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Sep 15, 2016

It’s a strange brew: stark yet beautiful, urgent yet dreamlike. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Sep 21, 2016

Filmed in a gorgeous, dreamlike style and Infused with heavy doses of mysticism and allegory, The Vessel is an impressive effort that loses some of its impact, however, for being so derivative. Read full review

David Lewis

Sep 15, 2016

Quintana brings a stunning visual flair to his film, and Sheen has a fine moment when he ponders the thin line between miracles and tragedies. But we keep waiting for the film to wash over us, and it never quite does. Read full review

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