Big Sky
Hazel suffers from a crippling case of agoraphobia. So much so that it causes a rift between her and her mother, Dee. Hazel and her mother decide to go on a road trip to a desert facility to help Hazel deal with her fear. When the van they are travelling in is suddenly attacked by two masked gunmen, she must confront her biggest fear and fight for her survival.
19 August 1965, New York City, New York, USA
8 October 1997, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
8 June 1965, New York City, New York, USA
13 September 2002, New Mexico, USA
25 April 1978, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
5 July 1985, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7 May 1959, Fairfield, California, USA
21 October 1983, Middletown, New York, USA
August 10, 2015
Jorge Michel Grau's ambitions are stalled by a screenplay that seems to have never made it past a first draft.August 13, 2015
A promising setup is left to wither in the intense Albuquerque sun permeating "Big Sky," a slack agoraphobic thriller marking the English-language debut of Mexican filmmaker Jorge Michel Grau.August 21, 2015
Violent, unsurprising thriller lacks tension despite twist.August 04, 2015
A solid thriller with a very good turn by [Bella] Thorne and [Kyra] Sedgewick.August 12, 2015
"Big Sky" is engaging, with select moments locating an intriguing tone of doubt, finding its more conventional ideas and stand-offs intrusive.August 16, 2015
Evan M. Wiener's screenplay throws in too many disparate elements without developing any of them very effectively, while Grau's direction is slick but unable to provide the tension or consistency needed.August 13, 2015
The film rests on the attractive but opaque Ms. Thorne, who is not ready for such weight.August 11, 2015
A great premise with a good cast that is one or two rewrites shy of being a memorable B-movie thriller.February 10, 2016
Sadly, there's so much going on in Big Sky that the spotlight is taken away from Hazel and she becomes a bit part in her own story.August 12, 2015
Big Sky masquerades as a psychological thriller, but underneath it's a meditation on the worthlessness of men.