Superior (film)

Superior is a 2021 American drama film directed by Erin Vassilopoulos in her feature-length directorial debut, based on her 2015 short film of the same name. The film was co-written by Erin Vassilopoulos and Alessandra Mesa. The film stars Alessandra Mesa and Ani Mesa (reprising their roles from the short), Pico Alexander and Jake Hoffman.

Superior
Poster
Directed byErin Vassilopoulos
Produced by
  • Ben Cohen
  • Grant Curatola
  • Patrick Donovan
Written byErin Vassilopoulos
Alessandra Mesa
Based onSuperior
by Erin Vassilopoulos
Starring
Music byJessica Moss
CinematographyMia Cioffi Henry
Edited byJennifer Ruff
Erin Vassilopoulos
Release date
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film held its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021.[1][2]

Premise

On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, and in doing so alters the trajectory of both their lives.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021. Visit Films then acquired the film's international sales rights, while Creative Artists Agency acquired its US sales rights.[3]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes surveyed 15 critics and, categorizing the reviews as positive or negative, assessed 7 as positive and 8 as negative for a 47% rating. Among the reviews, it determined an average rating of 5.6 out of 10.[4]

Jessica Klang of Variety wrote "It might all get too pastiche-y, except that Vassilopoulos is quietly confident in the artificiality of her approach and leans into it, with mordant poker-faced wit and defiant stylishness that give us ample reason to take the twin trope out for another twisty turn around the block. It’s about blurred lines, collapsing identities and merging subjectivities, but the sly, slick little "Superior" knows just who it is."[5]

Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com wrote "It's the kind of movie in which you can only imagine the vision boards and scrapbooks and planning that went into pre-production. Along with the rich color palette from the film stock, you want to love "Superior" based on such a visual commitment. But while that intention sucks you in, the story leaves you floundering."[6]

References
  1. "Sundance - FPG". Sundance. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. Debruge, Peter (December 15, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Features 38 First-Time Directors, Including Rebecca Hall and Robin Wright". Variety. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  3. https://www.screendaily.com/news/visit-films-boards-international-sales-on-sundance-entry-superior-exclusive/5156761.article
  4. "Superior (2021) Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  5. Kiang, Jessica (January 31, 2020). "'Superior' Review: Twin Sisters Get Twisted in an Offbeat Neo-Noir Where Style Is Substance". Variety. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  6. Allen, Nick (January 31, 2020). "Sundance 2021: Jockey, Wild Indian, Superior". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
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