Superior

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Superior

2022

1h 37m

Drama

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When Marian is on the run, she goes to the only place she knows is safe: her childhood home. She is greeted by her estranged sister, Vivian, a stay-at-home housewife struggling to conceive and on the verge of a failing marriage. Though the two are identical twins, they live opposite lives. Marian's mysterious return disrupts Vivian's small-town routine, and the sisters must learn to reconnect and reconcile. When Marian's haunting past finally catches up to her, their separate worlds collide, catapulting both sisters into grave danger.

Critics Consensus

Narratively thin but visually stylish, Superior puts a noirish spin on its examination of fraught sibling dynamics.

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Christy Lemire

RogerEbert.com

03/25/2022

2/4

While Superior has a rich style and a couple of intriguing ideas, it ultimately doesnt add up to much.

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Amy Nicholson

New York Times

03/24/2022

B+

Believe it or not, Alessandra Mesa and Ani Mesa may be one of the only identical-twin sister pairs to lead a theatrical feature since the Wilde twins, who romanced Andy Hardy in Andy Hardys Blonde Trouble in 1944

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Pam Grady

San Francisco Chronicle

01/19/2022

An involving exploration of the bonds between siblings and their identities, so alike and yet so different.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

04/21/2022

3/5

There’s enough going on here to make it clear that director Erin Vassilopoulos has a distinctive voice.

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Lee Jutton

Film Inquiry

03/26/2022

Superior is not without its flaws, and it wears its influences on its sleeve almost to a fault, but its still a worthwhile watch.

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Thomas Alexander

HeyUGuys

03/09/2022

3/5

It is a thriller that takes too long to go up the gears but is filled with suspense that for the most part makes up for it.

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@uniquecliches 03/04/2024

There's a certain level of visual appeal, in that the movie is quirky and committed to a certain visual, ranging from the house decoration to the clothes and mannerisms. But it just falls too flat. The two sisters are just terribly boring -maybe a problem of casting, maybe more one of direction. But hearing a dialogue between the two is… boring

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When Marian is on the run, she goes to the only place she knows is safe: her childhood home. She is greeted by her estranged sister, Vivian, a stay-at-home housewife struggling to conceive and on the verge of a failing marriage. Though the two are identical twins, they live opposite lives. Marian's mysterious return disrupts Vivian's small-town routine, and the sisters must learn to reconnect and reconcile. When Marian's haunting past finally catches up to her, their separate worlds collide, catapulting both sisters into grave danger.

Director: Erin Vassilopoulos
Producer: Ben Cohen, Grant Curatola, Patrick Donovan, Benjamin Cohen
Screenwriter: Erin Vassilopoulos, Alessandra Mesa
Distributor: Factory 25
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 25, 2022, Limited
Runtime: 1h 37m