Holy Trinity (film)

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Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity (2019) poster.jpg
Promotional release poster
Directed byMolly Hewitt
Written byMolly Hewitt
Screenplay byMolly Hewitt
Story byMolly Hewitt
Produced byMolly Hewitt
Eugene Sun Park
Starring
CinematographyGreg Stephen Reigh
Edited byAshley Thompson
Production
company
Full Spectrum Features
Release date
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Holy Trinity is a 2019 American comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Molly Hewitt in their feature directorial debut. [1] Hewitt plays Trinity, a dominatrix who, after huffing from a mysterious aerosol can, discovers that she has the ability to communicate with the dead. [2] [3] The film also stars Theo Germaine, and was executive produced by Joe Swanberg.

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Holy Trinity screened at the LGBTQ-oriented film festival Outfest in July 2019, [3] [4] as well as at the New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival in October 2019. [2] [5]

Cast

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. [7]

Beandrea July of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film's dialogue but concluded that the film "celebrates living a sex- and kink-positive life and explores how an affirmative spirituality fits into that." [3] Richard Roeper, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times , gave the film three out of four stars, commending Hewitt's performance and calling the film "An adventure sprinkled with quite a bit of kink." [8] Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "Bracingly sex-positive in all directions, if oddly flat as a performance vehicle". [1]

The Chicago Reader 's Cody Corrall gave the film three out of four stars, writing that it "may not give everything it wants to cover the same amount of attention, but it leaves its audience with plenty to think about, from the politics of kink, to becoming a god and subordinating oneself interpersonally and within societal frameworks." [6] Ben Sachs, also of the Chicago Reader, complimented the film's production design but noted that "Hewitt still has a ways to go in terms of storytelling; many of the scenes drag on past their welcome, and the overall pacing feels indifferent." [9]

Jude Dry of IndieWire included Holy Trinity on their list of 2019 "LGBTQ Films Not to Be Missed". [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Phillips, Michael (September 26, 2019). "'Holy Trinity' review: The Chicago dominatrix can hear dead people. And it's a marketable skill!". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Holy Trinity". Full Spectrum Features. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 July, Beandrea (July 20, 2019). "'Holy Trinity': Film Review | Outfest 2019". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ Zweig, Olivia (June 17, 2019). "Don't miss these LGBTQ films at the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival 2019!". GLAAD . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ Jane Stern, Amanda. "Fresh Newfest Films - 5 Provocative LGBTQ Films To See". Provokr. Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Corrall, Cody (July 23, 2020). "Holy Trinity is a trip to gay church". Chicago Reader . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Holy Trinity (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango . Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ Roeper, Richard (September 27, 2019). "'Holy Trinity': Welcome to a bizarro Chicago where the colors are bold and the humor is bawdy". Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  9. ↑ Sachs, Ben (26 September 2019). "Holy Trinity". Chicago Reader . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  10. ↑ Dry, Jude (July 18, 2019). "12 New LGBTQ Films Not to Be Missed This Year". IndieWire . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
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