Agnes Reviews
Felt like a wannabe Indie film, it just went off like it didn't even make any sense at the end
I was stressed and disappointed watching this. The cinematography was okay but then it was so unserious for a horror, it can't even be classified under horror comedy genre. They wasted time and effort shooting unnecessary scenes and giving awkward lines and settings. Many things are just off even the flow of the story. The trailer and poster was promising but upon watching it, there is nothing really good about it. Feels like I wasted my time with this.
Can't think of anything memorable about the film other than glad when it ended.
I don’t understand why this movie is called Agnes. Agnes is in less than half of the movie and that’s in the first half. It should be called “Mary works at a grocery store.”
The other comments say this and I agree. It starts off a a movie about a possibly possessed nun named Agnes and it hooks you for a moment. Then you never see that nun again. It turns into a drama about an ex-nun, not Agnes, trying to pay bills and telling her old friends from the church that she doesn't have faith because she talked to God and never heard back. We hear this ex-nun mention what happened to Agnes but she ‘doesn't want to talk about it’. So we get no answers. Agnes was 10% of the movie. First off, it’s offensive to horror movie watchers to say this is a horror movie. It’s also offensive to followers of God. Which is even worse. It has no answers to the beginning plot. And then it poops out an entirely different boring plot that goes no where. Complete waste of time. Please save yourself time. Whoever wrote this clearly wants people to question their faith and tried to disguise it as a horror movie so people would watch it. As a person who loves Jesus and also enjoys horror movies, Im insulted on both levels.
I don't believe any of these positive "critic"reviews even watched this movie. They HAVE to be paid for their positive reviews This was one of the worst movies I've seen. It started off really good. It seemed like it was going to be a priest exorcism horror movie with a touch of comedy, but then half way into the story line, it flashed forward and focused on a totally different characters life. It ceased being a horror movie, stopped having any humor, and it ended without explaining what happened in the original storyline. This was easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It makes me wonder if AI wrote the script for this movie.
Halfway through the movie it becomes... a completely different movie. And not in a good way. It had potential but the major plotline is resolved (poorly) half way through the movie, and at the end there are still too many unanswered questions.
Gawd awful. What an absolute waste of time. How do some of these movies get financed.
This was an exorcist movie like Signs was an alien movie. It uses the genre as a means to tell a story about faith while flitting between weak horror and stale dialog that borders on dtale comedy. A sarcastic priest with no faith, a house of hypocritical nuns, and a story about loss all ended just to say "god is the little things". The possession is never resolved, the scares are lacking, and the effects were also really poor, like cup on a string floating poor.
This film is the kind of risk an "open-minded" (untalented) director makes when they don't have enough talent or material to make a complete movie. There are two terrible films here, blended only by the actors - clearly not the script. And the best part? There's no resolution - not to either story! The trailer and splash art convey a religious thriller where the forces of good must battle a possessed nun. This is only a bare "first story" - the semi-resolution happens off screen and is revealed in the second story. Also, it is made quite evident the director is *gasp* not a fan of religion. The tone of some scenes is wildly inappropriate and serves only to make all the religious cast look like idiots or worse. If you're looking for a coherent movie with a plot, a resolution of any kind whatsoever, or a movie that won't leave you in perplexing anger, look elsewhere. This movie is only for those who passionately hate religion, think convoluted plots are "a brave risk," or are related to the director.
Terrible discontinuity, with know context for the total abrupt shift in storyline. Imagine you’re watching a movie and about halfway in you randomly switch to a completely different movie; that’s what Agnes is like. It abruptly stops in the middle of one story and starts a different story with know explanation for what or why such a thing is happening! VERY ANNOYING!
Was awful, Very little to do with possession even though it was named after a possessed Nun. Then suddenly cuts out in the middle of it to a black screen for the film to continue but which felt like a whole different film but to top it all off it didn't really have an ending to explain anything just ends the film.
Agnes has a potpourri of story elements intertwined all over the place in an unnecessarily confusing manner. Starting as a story about a possible demonic possession in a particularly strict convent, the film lurches back and forth in time and, about halfway through, morphs into a completely different film about sex, life and finding meaning in the world. Far sadder and depressing than it is scary, Agnes doesn't really have anything worthwhile, or even anything at all, to say in the end. It's unusual and could have been interesting, but not nearly enough to make up for its endless flaws. Viewers are likely to find themselves asking themselves "what's coming next," but the answer is inevitably "nothing."
This film seemed confused about what it wanted to be. It started as a goofy take on excercism, turned serious, then completely decided to become a different movie about something else. Comedy, Drama, Horror. I don't mind genre blending, but this movie just seemed to be aimless.
This movie is all over the place. It was such a waste of time.
Big disappointment, starts out pretty strong, then just sputters to the end.
This was slow and boring, especially in the later half. Way too much "character exploration" and by the end of the film there was no sense of conflict resolution. The few scares in the first half fall flat as well, a priest "got his nose bitten off" yet we can clearly see its still on his face. But in one scene they used the same free elevator music that the IHE youtube channel uses, probably the only part I may remember of this film.
Horror flick? LOL More like a "Coyote Ugly" lets lure you in and then do a bait and switch. This is one terribly boring movie focused on a ex-nun being emo about living life outside the convent... Reminds you why a real education and a major that's in demand is actually important to keep you from getting completely bored of life.
I would've liked this more had it just been a more predictable religious horror movie throughout its full run time as opposed to just the first half. The tone and story shift halfway through is so stark that it removes any steam the movie had going for it and it completely lost my interest.
hmm... like others, i was expecting this to be your typical possession horror film. & it is not. it's an interesting premise which i don't actually hate, but it just did not hold my attention. i was pretty bored by the end of it.