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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 28 May 2020

Yet not only does this bares-bones “Close Encounters” make a virtue out of found locations and empty night-time streets, it has the confidence…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 27 May 2020

Its achievement is predicated not on novelty, but on modesty — the way it manages, using little more than a terrific cast and a few shadowy,…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 27 May 2020

Alternately deploying twisty monologues and quick back-and-forth exchanges, Montague and Sanger are clearly having a ball…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 27 May 2020

While a few too-prescient touches pull one out of the experience and its inevitable conclusion leaves a bit to be desired, The Vast of Night…

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By Matthew Dessem (24) for Slate (2,081) on 26 May 2020

Every scene has been staged and shot with intelligence, intent, inventiveness, and a sense of play…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 26 May 2020

Director AndrePatterson never breaks the film's incantatory spell with pointless freneticism, patiently savoring the great thrill of genre…

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By Cary Darling (452) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 May 2020

Using long takes, tracking shots, segments where the screen goes pitch-black, and rapid-fire, overlapping dialogue, Patterson has created a…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for The Playlist (3,871) on 19 May 2020

While it nods to everything from ‘The Twilight Zone’ to ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind,’ Patterson’s movie is more a tribute…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 16 May 2020

That said, it works, sucking you into its “vast night” and taking us all back to an innocent time where the future was endless possibilities,…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 14 May 2020

It’s less Close Encounters of the Third Kind and more like a special episode of The Twilight Zone, starring The X-Files’ Mulder and Scully…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 14 May 2020

How on earth Patterson made a movie about a UFO hovering over a small town in the late 1950s without falling back on every cliche in the book…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for Variety (12,700) on 03 Jan 2020

Patterson trusts that chemistry will compensate for a gentle thriller that chooses to impress with ingenuity and charm instead of special effects…

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By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2020

It’s impressive to see such sophisticated camera work from a newcomer…

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By Marisa Mirabal (47) for Slashfilm (971) on 03 Jan 2020

Like the characters that are drawn to the peculiar sound and dark sky on that fateful evening, The Vast of Night is a film that lures the audience’s…

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By Justin Lowe (291) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 03 Jan 2020

By turns intriguingly odd and frustratingly obscure, this is confidently quirky material that nonetheless boasts superior production values…

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