Tyler Watts

A Painful Punishment – Watching Sinners Watching Sinners felt like being trapped in a two-hour sermon written by a high schooler who just discovered symbolism and decided to beat the audience over the head with it. From the first scene, it was obvious this film was going to be a mess. The acting was wooden at best, laughably bad at worst — think community theater, but without the charm. The dialogue was so unnatural it felt like it had been generated by an AI trained exclusively on fortune cookies and fire-and-brimstone sermons. The plot tried to juggle too many themes — sin, redemption, morality, trauma — and dropped every single one. Instead of exploring them meaningfully, it just tossed in a bunch of vague religious imagery and slow-motion scenes meant to seem deep but ending up as unintentionally hilarious. The pacing? Glacial. The cinematography? Over-stylized and pretentious, like the director just discovered sepia filters. The soundtrack? Completely mismatched and distracting — half the time it sounded like stock music from a YouTube video titled “Dramatic Background Music #3.” Worst of all, the movie thinks it’s profound. It’s not. It’s a melodramatic, poorly executed mess that confuses “dark” with “good” and “confusing” with “thought-provoking.” Watching Sinners was a sin in itself — one I’ll be repenting for by never recommending it to anyone. ★☆☆☆☆ – Stay far, far away.