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By Monica Castillo (380) for TheWrap (3,203) on 28 May 2020

Complemented by the eerie work of sound designers Johnny Marshall and David Rosenblad and music by Erick Alexander and Jared Bulmer, The Vast…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 28 May 2020

What makes it one of the best (and most unclassifiable) movies of the year is the hypnotic way it keeps re-inventing itself from scene to scene…

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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 28 May 2020

Part Close Encounters of the Third Kind, part American Graffiti, and wholly its own stunning self, The Vast of Night is a debut of captivating…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 28 May 2020

Feels incredibly fresh and modern in its singular style and tone…

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By Ryan Lattanzio (73) for IndieWire (3,631) on 28 May 2020

It’s a clever exercise in no-frills science fiction that should please fans of the genre, but it’s more than just a sci-fi exercise thanks…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Vox (725) on 28 May 2020

In using all those technical aspects of filmmaking to tell this story, director Andrew Patterson manages to marry form and content beautifully…

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By Hannah Hoolihan (58) for Screen Rant (892) on 28 May 2020

The Vast of Night is a captivating sci-fi thriller that's elevated by its rich script, stunning cinematography, and incredibly charming leads…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 28 May 2020

The direction in the film is terrific, with an atmosphere and vibe so pervasively thick you can practically feel what it’s like in the town…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 28 May 2020

The Vast of Night goes cold-turkey on most of the elements that have come to define science-fiction in recent years…

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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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