Movie Details
Title: Sinners (2025)
Genre: Psychological Thriller / Neo-Noir / Crime Mystery
Country: United States / United Kingdom
Duration: 2h 18min
Director: David Fincher
Screenplay: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Music: Hildur Guðnadóttir & Thom Yorke
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Jodie Comer, Daniel Kaluuya, Jessie Buckley, Mads Mikkelsen
In a rain-slicked metropolis where morality is as blurred as the neon reflections on wet pavement, Sinners unfolds as a slow-burn psychological thriller that explores guilt, obsession, and the elusive nature of truth.
When Father Elias Grayson (Andrew Garfield), a disillusioned young priest, discovers a series of confessions describing unsolved murders—each tied to one of the Seven Deadly Sins—he's pulled into a dark web of ritualistic crimes. His only ally is Detective Mara Lang (Jodie Comer), a skeptical but sharp investigator battling her own inner demons.
Key Themes & Style:
- Faith vs. Fanaticism: Explores how belief systems can be twisted into tools of control and chaos.
- Confession & Complicity: Everyone has something to hide; absolution comes at a price.
- The Seven Sins as Metaphor: Each crime reveals a hidden layer of society's moral decay—lust, greed, envy, pride, gluttony, wrath, and sloth manifested in chilling ways.
- Duality of Identity: Characters wrestle with who they are versus who they pretend to be.
Visual Style:
- Fincher's signature moody direction: sterile interiors, dark alleys, rain-drenched nights.
- Sparse, haunting score by Hildur Guðnadóttir and Thom Yorke: ambient dread meets spiritual unease.
- Cold color palette: deep shadows, flickering candlelight, the contrast of religious iconography with grotesque violence.
- Stylized crime scenes reminiscent of Se7en, but with a more intimate psychological bent.
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