While the Sundance Film Festival mulls a big move for 2027, the 2025 is under way. The event’s 41st edition kicked off January 23 in Utah, and you can look below for all of Deadline’s reviews from the fest so far.
Sundance founder Robert Redford promised that audiences “can expect a 2025 program that showcases varied and vibrant filmmaking globally.” Running through February 2, the lineup includes more than 85 features and six episodic projects set to screen in Park City, Salt Lake City and online.
Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which last year awarded its U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury prize to Alessandra Lacorazza’s In the Summers. Click on the movie’s title to read our full take.
‘Bubble & Squeak’ Section: US Dramatic CompetitionDirector/screenwriter: Evan Twohy Cast: Himesh Patel, Sarah Goldberg, Steven Yeun, Dave Franco, Matt Berry Deadline’s Takeaway: If you go with it, it will take you all the way, but for those with a low tolerance for cheerfully madcap bonkersness, its lean 97 minutes may well seem like an eternity. Dev Patel in Bryn Chainey’s ‘Rabbit Trap’, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film FestivalAndreas Section: Sundance (Midnight) Director & Screenwriter: Bryn Chaney Cast: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen and Jade Croot Deadline’s takeaway: In British writer-director Bryn Chaney’s feature debut, he uses Celtic folklore and the intimacy of sound to unpack a darkness that some might struggle to put in words. Source link
