Mass

I am a cynic, so there is that. But I thought this film was melodramatic, over-acted and pretentious. The subject is achingly hard to consider, but the script and delivery is ridiculously simple minded.

A lot of maturity & patience to watch a movie like this, covers a very touchy subject in a very real & emotional manner. Don't let the title fool you, it's not about church or religion, the movie just takes place almost entirely inside of a church, I'm an atheist & would recommend this movie to anyone who likes sad or touching movies.

Each of the actors have their moments and I'm not sure how they did it?

For a tragically inflicted broader topic on sensitively shaken grounds, the emotions shall vary by process to immaculately replicate such with sympathetic voices perfecting any sort of expectations. This is powerfully affective with a cast showcasing impeccable, empathetically raw convictions in greatly executing a perfectly envisioned screenplay that defines the outer traumas we don’t see as much when they’re just as heightened as those who survived but emotionally wounded. (A-)

Another entry in the collection of great(and typically depressing) movies that I share with my parents at the end of each year.

Never boring or dull and tugging on just the right heart strings to make the message stick, "Mass" is far and away one of the best films I have seen in a while and stands as a great testament to director Fran Kranz's style.

I have seen some very good movies from 2021, but this is far and away the best. It is also one of the most emotionally harrowing motion picture experiences in recent memory. The vast majority of the movie is simply four people in a room talking, but the exchanges between them are often brutal and unflinching and never less than riveting. It becomes painfully hypnotic, and the filmmakers do an extraordinary job of fleshing out the characters and allowing the viewer to feel multiple emotions toward each of them. This is timely and important material. It is also a textbook definition of ensemble acting. Each of these actors is flawless, but Plimpton gives a performance for the ages. There's hardly an emotion she doesn't touch here, and she has a climactic scene that is almost life changing. Her lack of an Oscar nomination is unforgivable. Actually the whole movie deserved a slew of them. This joins NOMADLAND as one of the truly great movies of the decade thus far. - Jeff Marshall, Movie Blogger (Facebook)

The screenplay never goes to the places you would expect (i.e. how they introduce a stereotypical gun rights debate only to then promptly dismiss it) and instead focuses on trickier emotional issues. All four of the central performances here are truly sublime.

Its quartet of leads doing tremendous, emotive work with heavy material, Mass is a timely and powerful directorial debut for Fran Kranz.

I have STUDIED this film now because the acting and direction is so brilliant. Why is wasn't up for every award on the planet at the time is beyond me.