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  • 2022
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 39 m
Superior

Summary When Marian is on the run, she goes to the only place she knows is safe: her childhood home. She is greeted by her estranged sister, Vivian, a stay-at-home housewife struggling to conceive and on the verge of a failing marriage. Though the two are identical twins, they live opposite lives. Marian’s mysterious return disrupts Vivian’s sma...

Directed By: Erin Vassilopoulos

Written By: Alessandra Mesa, Erin Vassilopoulos

  • 2022
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • Factory 25
  • 1 h 39 m

Superior

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary When Marian is on the run, she goes to the only place she knows is safe: her childhood home. She is greeted by her estranged sister, Vivian, a stay-at-home housewife struggling to conceive and on the verge of a failing marriage. Though the two are identical twins, they live opposite lives. Marian’s mysterious return disrupts Vivian’s sma...

Directed By: Erin Vassilopoulos

Written By: Alessandra Mesa, Erin Vassilopoulos

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
59
43% Positive
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57% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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80
Mar 24, 2022
It is the film’s shaggier pleasures that leave an impression, particularly its soundtrack of ’80s electro disco and a physically shaggy ice-cream parlor manager (played by Stanley Simons) who is too stoned to notice that his new employee is two different people.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 14, 2022
Good storytelling and fantastic acting by Alessandra and Anamari Mesa make up for any limitations of not having a million-dollar budget. Superior is worthy of your support.
By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW
67
Feb 14, 2022
I appreciated Superior’s exploration of two characters who have crafted their identity as a reflection of other people (heightened by the fact that Marian and Vivian are literally mirror images of each other). But these ideas remain relatively surface level, and they aren’t paid off in the bungled final act.
By Orla Smith FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 14, 2022
Superior feels like a John Dahl movie given a “Twin Peaks” vibe on a Hal Hartley budget, with just the odd dash of Old Hollywood thrown in for good measure, like the deliberately “Rear Window”-aping, flashbulb-popping finale.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
58
Feb 14, 2022
Superior falls short of inhabiting the period within which it purports to exist.
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 25, 2022
While “Superior” has a rich style and a couple of intriguing ideas, it ultimately doesn’t add up to much, leaving you with the feeling that you’re watching an inferior homage.
By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 14, 2022
Superior feels like Diet David Lynch: an unsatisfying substitute.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Mar 25, 2022
Duration 1 h 39 m
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Website https://www.factorytwentyfive.com/superior
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Awards

Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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