The broad shape of the ending is predictable; by the time you get to it, you could probably write the final confrontation yourself. This a likable, well-intentioned movie, but those qualities don’t take it far enough.
Smaller and Smaller Circles
Philippines · 2017
1h 51m
Director Raya Martin
Starring Nonie Buencamino, Sid Lucero, Bembol Roco, Madeleine Humphries
Genre Crime, Thriller
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A serial killer in Payatas leaves the bodies of young boys in the dump as two Jesuit priests try to solve the murders.
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Los Angeles Times by Carlos Aguilar
Despite Smaller and Smaller Circles being visually proficient, stagy performances fueled by formulaic dialogue do little to steer the film’s narrative.
I wouldn’t mind seeing these characters again (Batacam penned a sequel, I hear), because the bare bones of a First Gen crime thriller are here. It’s just that everybody involved needs more practice in the genre to get it right.
Soapy in style and luridly exploitative in its approach to violence, Smaller And Smaller Circles is perhaps not sophisticated enough to appeal to fans of the crime genre outside of the domestic market.
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