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By Stephen Saito (325) for Moveable Fest (298) on 20 Nov 2018

Orser and Winstead don't just seem ever-present with each other in their spats, but play up the physicality of their characters, whether it's…

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By Frank Ochieng (928) for SF Crowsnest (189) on 09 Nov 2018

Faults is a resourceful black comedy that works effectively and never strays away from its pedigree of outrageous misfortune…

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By Morgan Rojas (191) for Cinemacy (191) on 08 Nov 2018

Director Riley Stearns' new film is a conceptually adventurous black comedy about the world of cults, making for a metaphysical thriller that…

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By Aaron Peterson (245) for The Hollywood Outsider (262) on 23 Oct 2018

If you are open to storytelling via character building sharply explained through performance and dialogue - then give way to Faults…

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By Bill Graham (39) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 20 Jun 2016

Stearns crafts a slow-forming film, establishing atmosphere and tension…

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By Allison Keene (3) for Collider (1,032) on 04 Mar 2016

Faults is a taught and charismatic work, and also the latest film to tackle the subject of cults in a quietly earnest way…

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By Jonathan Hatfull (125) for SciFiNow (378) on 09 Sep 2015

We'd recommend knowing as little about it as possible, but we'll open by saying that it's funny, it's puzzling, and it's utterly beguiling…

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By Ryan Pollard (38) for Starburst (899) on 03 Sep 2015

Psychologically thrilling, yet oddly and darkly comic at times, Faults is an intense character study that gets under your skin and sends chills…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 30 Apr 2015

There are indeed some faults, but not enough to derail the fascinating mind games being staged in this low-budget drama…

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By Isaac Feldberg (119) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 09 Mar 2015

Faults is a darkly funny and often unsettling study in psychological control, a terrific vehicle for two talented performers and a remarkably…

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By Nicolas Rapold (488) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 06 Mar 2015

Stearns's film presents a risky black-box proposition: what happens when you put the potentially rote dynamics between cult member and deprogrammer…

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By Stephen Danay (78) for Under the Radar (636) on 06 Mar 2015

Although it fumbles with several obvious twists…

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By Simon Abrams (730) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 06 Mar 2015

Faults is a richly-textured movie that concerns the weird space between thinking you know what you're doing, and actually knowing what you're doing…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 05 Mar 2015

The wan drama is enlivened by bursts of black comedy, some bits more effective than others, and though it ultimately disappoints, there's promise…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 05 Mar 2015

Winstead has a magnetic blankness - someone who seems smart even when she's talking about alternate worlds and her connections to higher powers…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 05 Mar 2015

Orser is a bright spot in a promising picture, but one that's in need of a little more activity to keep its characters genuinely busy, and…

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By Corey Atad (6) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 05 Mar 2015

Stearns allows the actors space to organically bring a human dimension to Faults' exploration of psychological control…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 05 Mar 2015

He’s (Riley Stearns) fashioned a movie that undergoes a slow, captivating metamorphosis, scene by scene, though who’s the caterpillar and…

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By Timothy E. Raw (4) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 05 Mar 2015

The film obliquely addresses its narrative mysteries through the conversational cracks of two people in enforced proximity…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Time Out (7,510) on 04 Mar 2015

Stearns saddles himself with a touch more plot than he needs, and some of the film’s late-game twists are more satisfying than others, but…

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