Fresh
Director Overbay, working from an effective screenplay by his wife Ginny Lee Overbay, slowly ratchets up the tension in quietly compelling fashion.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
After the death of their Prophet, a small religious sect turn to one of their members, Daniel, who's been asked to lead them, as they anxiously await the end of the world they were promised. But, when the prophecy does not come to pass, Daniel struggles to cling to his faith while keeping his community together.
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83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Never as tense and gripping as it should be, the incidents and most of the performances too tamped-down to spark a much-needed sense of animating friction.
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Written with less-is-more simplicity by Ginny Lee Overbay, "As It Is In Heaven" grows ever more devastating ...
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Overbay's palette is carefully lyrical, at a benumbed Martha Marcy May Marlene pitch, he pays attention to the verdant landscape and keeps his cast at a pensive and watchful low boil.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
A disquieting film about testing faith.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
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