A24's popular creepfest sees a pair of optimistic young Mormon missionaries paying a visit to a man who has expressed an interest in their faith, but as the discussion and situation becomes increasingly uneasy and a snowstorm settles in, the young women find themselves trapped with this plausible zealot with a very different perspective on religion and a specific reason for keeping his captives. Mostly a claustrophobic three-handed bottle show, Hugh Grant paces his sinister performance extremely effectively, with Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East both conveying the Sisters' situation very well. It has an eerie sound design and oppressive visual mise-en-scene, both of which contribute greatly to the film. It is rather talky, but the collision of thriller tropes and the discussion of religion/faith/philosophy makes for an unsettling and interesting movie, even if it does run out of steam in the second half.
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