Sister Aimee

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Sister Aimee
Directed by Samantha Buck
Marie Schlingmann
Written bySamantha Buck
Marie Schlingmann
Produced byBettina Barrow
David Hartstein
Katherine Harper
StarringAnna Margaret Hollyman
CinematographyCarlos Valdes-Lora
Edited byKatie Ennis
Music by Graham Reynolds
Distributed by 1091 Pictures
Release date
  • September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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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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References

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  2. Gidney, Norman (10 March 2019). "Sister Aimee". Film Threat . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 July, Beandrea (26 September 2019). "'Sister Aimee': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 Gidney, Norman (10 March 2019). "Sister Aimee (part 2)". Film Threat . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. Hipes, Patrick (5 August 2019). "Sundance Pic 'Sister Aimee' Acquired By 1091, Will Hit Theaters In September". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. Dry, Jude (20 August 2019). "'Sister Aimee' Trailer: An Evangelist Disappears Herself in Quirky Queer Comedy". IndieWire . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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  8. Erbland, Kate (12 March 2019). "'Sister Aimee' Review: She Rivaled the Pope in Fame — Now She Gets a Curious Faux Biopic". IndieWire . Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. Frederick, Candice (26 September 2019). "'Sister Aimee' Film Review: Fictionalized Tale of the Evangelist's Disappearance Gets Lost On Its Own Path". TheWrap . Retrieved 17 October 2020.