All Saints (film)

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All Saints
Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
  • August 25, 2017 (2017-08-25)
Running time
108 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[2]
Box office$5.9 million[2]

All Saints is a 2017 American

Provident Films.[1]

Premise

Based on a true story, a salesman-turned-pastor Michael Spurlock of a tiny Episcopal (Anglican) church in Smyrna, Tennessee is ordered to shut it down. He attempts to save the church, as well as a group of refugees from Karen State, Myanmar, in Southeast Asia.

Cast

Production

Filming began in September 2016 and continued through October, shooting in

Nashville and Smyrna, Tennessee.[3]

Reception

Box office

In North America, All Saints was released on August 25, 2017, alongside Birth of the Dragon and Leap!, and was projected to gross around $3–4 million from 846 theaters in its opening weekend.[4] It made $150,000 on its first day and $1.6 million over the weekend, finishing 15th at the box office. The film's low opening was attributed to Hurricane Harvey hitting Texas and surrounding areas–typically faith-based regions–causing theaters to close, as well the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor on the Saturday. The combined weekend box office was the lowest-grossing since September 2001.[5]

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 95% based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 85% overall positive score.[5]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review, writing: "By avoiding excessive proselytizing and instead simply and effectively relating its moving tale, All Saints proves stirring in a way many of its cinematic brethren do not."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "'All Saints:' Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "All Saints (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "AFFIRM Films And Provident Films Announces Production For "ALL SAINTS"". Cision: PR Newswire. September 21, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  4. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 23, 2017). "Mayweather-McGregor PPV Fight Could Punch Up $700M Worldwide, Making Domestic Box Office Meaningless". Deadline Hollywood.
  5. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 28, 2017). "The Hitman's Bodyguard' Tries To Deflect Hurricane Harvey & Mayweather-McGregor". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "All Saints (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "All Saints reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

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