This little-known thriller has a smashing 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is being hailed as a must-watch by viewers who feel the film deserves a bigger audience
The film has a near perfect approval rating(Image: Gravitas Ventures)
A gripping thriller boasting an almost flawless score is being championed as essential viewing, with audiences believing the film warrants a much wider following.
Crafted by writer-director Robert Machoian, this overlooked treasure is guaranteed to have viewers gripped throughout its one hour 36 minutes duration. The suspenseful drama The Integrity of Joseph Chambers broadcasts tonight, January 11, at 11.20pm on Film4. According to the film’s official description: “Insurance salesman and family man Joseph Chambers wants to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse. He decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife’s objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, Joe roams the woods aimlessly in his search for deer.
“His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye, Joe undergoes a traumatic experience. What starts as an experiment to prove himself as a capable father and husband turns into a nightmare as Joe finds himself faced with a terrible choice that he must make.”
The movie’s been written and directed by Robert Machoian (Image: Gravitas Ventures)
Following its initial debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2022, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers became a critical darling, achieving an impressive 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. With Clayne Crawford taking the starring role, the supporting ensemble features Jordana Brewster, Michael Raymond-James, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carl Kennedy, Colt Crawford, and Hix Crawford, reports the Express.
In a 2023 chat with Flickering Myth, lead actor Clayne Crawford spoke highly of his collaboration with director Robert Machoian, stating: “Robert and I complement one another. He is highly technical, a photographer by trade, and a photography professor at B.Y.U. The frames he creates are so beautiful. And he allows the actor to explore the character without restraints or restrictions. His scripts are so sparse that it leaves so much room for interpretation. Again, he gives an actor the space to create freely.”
The film has received rave reviews, with one critic praising: “This film deserves a bigger audience. We need more movies like this that engage art and theology in equal measure; films that ask audiences to think carefully about something beautiful but hard-integrity-that we’d all do well to think about more.”
Another reviewer enthusiastically wrote: “With The Integrity of Joseph Chambers, Machoian doubles down on all the sensibilities that make his films so innately captivating and his latest feature film might be his most surprisingly poignant work so far.” A third critic said: “The feature observes such misfortune with a sharp understanding of reaction and thought, giving Crawford room to act in a slow-burn but riveting study of panic.”
While another viewer added: “For the most part, this is an absorbing and nuanced character sketch, with a well-deployed supporting cast.”
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers will be broadcast on Film4 tonight, January 11, at 11.20pm.
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