Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- oppressive
- morally uneasy
- true crime night
- serious film viewing
What critics said
Critics generally found the film familiar as a Ted Bundy retelling but compelling because of its excellent central performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Bill Hagmaier's relationship with Ted Bundy develops through repeated interviews during Bundy's final years on death row.
The film focuses on the complicated investigator subject relationship and confession process rather than broad serial-killer spectacle.
FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier's contact with Bundy forms the dramatic core and complicates the boundary between analysis and personal connection.
The story is explicitly situated around Bundy's final years on death row, with prison officials and FBI personnel shaping the environment.
Films like No Man of God, and why
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
shares true-crime subject matter, psychological interrogation, prison setting, and restrained crime drama
Mindhunter
shares serial-killer investigation, procedural tension, and psychologically disturbing criminal profiling
The Silence of the Lambs
shares morally complex engagement with a notorious murderer and austere institutional atmosphere
The Stanford Prison Experiment
shares prison-based psychological drama, true-crime grounding, and intense actor-centered performances
Movie Details
- Director
- Amber Sealey
- Release Date
- 2021-08-19
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (350)
Cast
- Elijah Wood
- Luke Kirby
- Aleksa Palladino
- Robert Patrick
- W. Earl Brown
- Gilbert Owuor
- Christian Clemenson
- Hugo Armstrong
- Nican Robinson
- Will Harris
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is No Man of God about?
- An FBI analyst enters a psychologically fraught dialogue with Ted Bundy during the serial killer's final years on death row.
- What is No Man of God like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of No Man of God as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is No Man of God violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in No Man of God as moderate.
- What did critics think of No Man of God?
- Critics generally found the film familiar as a Ted Bundy retelling but compelling because of its excellent central performances.
- Which films are like No Man of God?
- Films with a similar feel include Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Mindhunter, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Stanford Prison Experiment.
- How long is No Man of God?
- No Man of God runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch No Man of God?
- In United States, No Man of God streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now.
