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  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary A gifted musician (Freya Tingley) inherits a mansion after her long lost father (Rutger Hauer) dies under mysterious circumstances. She discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret.

Directed By: Andrew Desmond

Written By: Arthur Morin, Andrew Desmond

  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 30 m

The Sonata

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
41
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
8.0
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Summary A gifted musician (Freya Tingley) inherits a mansion after her long lost father (Rutger Hauer) dies under mysterious circumstances. She discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret.

Directed By: Andrew Desmond

Written By: Arthur Morin, Andrew Desmond

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
41
13% Positive
1 Review
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
38% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
41
13% Positive
1 Review
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
38% Negative
3 Reviews

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75
Jan 24, 2020
While The Sonata has no shortage of gripping moments, it’s still missing the weirdness and stylishness that made the similarly themed “Rosemary’s Baby” or “The Frantic” classics.
By Asher Luberto FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 9, 2020
While the director clearly has a few tricks up his sleeve for hitting his viewers with the heebie jeebies, what he doesn’t have, at least for The Sonata, is a sense of how to weave those tricks into a unified, cohesive narrative.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 9, 2020
For a while, the film’s elegant art-horror vibe is quite compelling, leaving the ancient secret societies and demonic entities that it hints at tantalizingly off-screen and just out of Rose’s grasp. Unfortunately, though, the film begins to stumble late in its second act, its well set-up mystery devolving into a contrived sort of video-game logic.
By Nick Rocco Scalia FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 9, 2020
The Sonata is well-made but not exceptional. It could use fewer long, expository conversations and more heart-stopping horror set-pieces. The actors have a lot of verve, but because their characters are so straightforward — bordering on archetypal — their situation is hard to connect to on an emotional level.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
38
Jan 20, 2020
The score, by Alexis Maingaud, is horror strings on steroids and quite lovely. Director Andrew Desdmond and his production designer and cinematographer conjure up a properly spooky look and setting — overcast skies, dimly-lit chambers, a foggy forest. But the script delivers very little punch or pace to let that creepy vibe pay off.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 9, 2020
Bedazzled or otherwise, clichés are still clichés, and this debut feature from Andrew Desmond is strewn with them.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
25
Jan 10, 2020
A number of questions await anyone who lasts the full 88 minutes. What just happened? Was the suicidal composer a lunatic devil worshiper who planned for his daughter to follow in his footsteps? Will anyone else ever hear the sonata of the damned? Does anyone care?
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
8.0
67% Positive
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
1 Rating
17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
8.0
67% Positive
4 Ratings
17% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Production Company The Project, Featuristic Films, CTB Film Company, Tasse Film, Creativity Capital, Flexibon Films, OneWorld Entertainment
Release Date Jan 10, 2020
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

FilmQuest
• 2 Wins & 10 Nominations
Parma International Music Film Festival, IT
• 1 Nomination
Latvian National Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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