Synopsis
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.
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Cast
- Leland OrserAnsel
- Mary Elizabeth WinsteadClaire
- Chris EllisDad
- Jon GriesTerry
- Lance ReddickMick
- Beth GrantEvelyn
- Cruz FloresHotel Staff
- AJ BowenAngry Patron
- Nicholas TucciJames
- Suzan AverittPhoto Studio Customer
Recommendations
- 83
The Playlist
Faults is a strangely funny, often eerie accomplishment, and it’s a testament to why people like us tend to call first features like this “promising.” - 80
Time Out
Stearns saddles himself with a touch more plot than he needs, and some of the film’s late-game twists are more satisfying than others, but Faults never loses sight of the one thing Ansel can’t see: Free will may come cheap, but most people still can’t afford it. - 80
The New York Times
While Faults glances at the narcissism of cult leaders, its most penetrating investigation is into the root emptiness within disciples, the desperate hunger to relinquish personal initiative. - 75
Slant Magazine
The film obliquely addresses its narrative mysteries through the conversational cracks of two people in enforced proximity. - 75
The A.V. Club
He’s (Riley Stearns) fashioned a movie that undergoes a slow, captivating metamorphosis, scene by scene, though who’s the caterpillar and who’s the cocoon remains unclear until the very end. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Faults is a richly-textured movie that concerns the weird space between thinking you know what you're doing, and actually knowing what you're doing. - 70
The Dissolve
Stearns directs with a slow-burning intensity that becomes more unsettling the deeper Ansel goes into his task, and the more it becomes apparent he doesn’t have an easy way out. - 67
Austin Chronicle
As the down-on-his-luck Roth, Orser gives the darkly comic performance of a man barely able to keep his head above water.
