2019 American film
Sister Aimee |
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Directed by | Samantha Buck Marie Schlingmann |
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Written by | Samantha Buck Marie Schlingmann |
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Produced by | Bettina Barrow David Hartstein Katherine Harper |
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Starring | Anna Margaret Hollyman |
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Cinematography | Carlos Valdes-Lora |
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Edited by | Katie Ennis |
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Music by | Graham Reynolds |
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Distributed by | 1091 Pictures |
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Release date |
- September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)
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Running time | 87 minutes |
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Country | United States |
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Language | English |
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Sister Aimee is a 2019 American biographical film written and directed by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann and starring Anna Margaret Hollyman as Aimee Semple McPherson. It is a fictionalized account of McPherson's 1926 disappearance.[1][2]
Cast
Production
The film was shot in Texas and New Mexico.[3]
Release
The film was shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival.[3][4] It was then released in select theaters on September 27, 2019, and on VOD on October 1, 2019.[5][6]
Reception
The film has a 67% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[7] Kate Erbland of IndieWire graded the film a B−.[8] Norman Gidney of Film Threat gave the film seven stars out of ten.[4]
Candice Frederick of TheWrap gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The gendered themes at play here do little to boost the quality of Buck and Schlingmann’s storytelling, which is too tangled to follow at times."[9] Beandrea July of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Buck and Schlingmann have ideas, but they just don’t add up to something impactful here."[3]
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