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The Rapture

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The Rapture (1991)

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Reviews Counted: 25

Fresh: 18

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 6.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: This controversial and highly unusual film explores issues of God, faith and redemption. Sharon, a telephone operator deeply unhappy in both her work and her personal life, seeks relief from her pain by engaging in frequent, anonymous... This controversial and highly unusual film explores issues of God, faith and redemption. Sharon, a telephone operator deeply unhappy in both her work and her personal life, seeks relief from her pain by engaging in frequent, anonymous sexual encounters. Then, during one of her erotic adventures, she meets Randy, and unexpectedly discovers in him a man eager to transform her empty world through love. But that just isn't enough for Sharon; she wants something more -- she wants divine salvation. And she believes she's found it when God sends her a vision. Sharon convinces Randy to join her in her spiritual journey, and for a while she experiences the bliss she's always longed for. Then a tragedy changes everything, and Sharon discovers that the Lord may just demand more faith and strength than she can summon... [More]

Starring: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau, James Le Gros

Starring: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Patrick Bauchau, James Le Gros, Will Patton, Carole Davis, Dick Anthony Williams

Director: Michael Tolkin

Director: Michael Tolkin

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Reviews for The Rapture

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Somewhat full-of-itself but bizarrely intriguing allegory.

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04/21/07
Rob Gonsalves
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An interestinbg if problematic film, whose last reel breaks free from the narrative to take on a more primitive line that recalls episodes out of TV's Outer limits or Twlight Zone.

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11/01/06
Emanuel Levy
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Rogers excels in a provocative, unsettling drama.

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11/11/05
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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The Rapture is not ostensibly a horror film, but I found it deeply frightening, and it is so on a purely conceptual level.

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10/25/05
Rumsey Taylor
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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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12/03/04
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
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Is Tolkin really that much better than an ersatz Larry Cohen?

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11/16/04
Bill Chambers
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No review available.

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11/12/04
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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The very title evokes slippery visions of both spirit and sex.

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11/09/04
Keith Uhlich
Slant Magazine
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one of the most egregiously overlooked movies of the 1990s

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09/13/04
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com
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Bizarre and memorable

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12/17/03
Jon Niccum
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11/25/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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11/20/03
Jules Brenner
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09/29/03
Walter Chaw
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One of those flawed jewels that keeps tickling (and troubling) your memory for years.

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08/15/03
Nick Davis
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Engrossing film about sin, salvation and the End Times.

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07/18/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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03/23/03
Robert Roten
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Rubbishy religious tract of a horror flick tarted up as 'art.'

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10/22/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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