Saturday Church

  • 2018


MOVIE IS uplifting musical important spectacular impeccable
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Positive Reviews 20
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.7/5
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4.5
The films spectacular songs and unexpectedly happy ending are a defiant fist raised high. Paste Magazine
3.8
They come straight from the heart.Young Luka Kain is a transparent young actor, open and accessible. Rogerebert
3.5
Amid the films despair is a whimsical element that feels a little out of place: musical numbers that pop up when Ulysses has a surfeit of emotion. Village Voice
3.0
Writer director Damon Cardasis goes all out in telling this coming of age story, eliciting larger than life performances and incorporating show stoppi .. Chicago Reader
3.5
It feels like something an actual shy adolescent would fantasize rather than a slick Glee style triumph. The Wrap
3.5
While serious in its themes, the film seamlessly integrates many original musical and dance numbers into its story as Ulysses self medicates his teen .. Film Journal
4.5
It is a story of hope and redemption that had me crying by the end scene.Its use of visuals and color cleverly convey emotions without saying a word. Film Inquiry
4.0
It feels fresh and honest, and is one of the best coming out films of recent years. Eye For Film
3.0
Written and directed by Damon Cardasis, this coming out story is fairly routine, but it sets itself apart from dozens of similar stories with its deep .. Common Sense Media
1.9
Its a typical queer boy fantasy in a film about by the book queer fantasies and fantasies about queerness. Slant Magazine
3.5
It is a disarmingly and consistently sensitive movie that remains engaging even when its reach sometimes exceeds its grasp. The New York Times
3.5
Debuting writer director Damon Cardasis threads introspective songs and dance interludes into a tender coming of age story of queer identity explorati .. Hollywood Reporter
5.0
But the performance of each is so beautiful and affecting that it smooths over this low budget musicals roughest edges.Just 82 minutes long, Saturday .. Pajiba
3.5
While hardly as accomplished as either, writer director Damon Cardasis colorful, you are not alone debut should delight LGBT audiences especially youn .. Variety
3.2
But the film is doing so much that it ultimately fails, ending up tedious and overwrought. The Play List
3.8
A fictionalized narrative about an LGBTQ community in the West Village.Yes to all, but under the generous debut direction of Damon Cardasis, theres en .. New York Post
3.5
This is one of the most important aspects of Saturday Church as it would have been hard to make a film with gender identity as one of the underlying t .. Solzy At The Movies
4.5
But even when dramatics are cluttered, the emotion is unassailably genuine; this is a film of great warmth, humor, and love. Flavor Wire
4.4
Engage all this with an impeccable cast, the film is a masterful success. Awards Circuit
4.0
The end result is an uplifting story about being true to yourself and an ode to chosen families. My States Man
2.5
Despite being gorgeously shot, the oddly timed musical sequences pulled me out of the narrative and left me feeling bewildered. Shadow And Act
3.5
Away from his hard working, widowed mother (Margot Bingham), officious, religious aunt (Regina Taylor) and alarmist little brother (Jaylin Fletcher), .. Beta La Times



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