Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- paranoid
- stylized
- mystery movie night
- late night suspense
What critics said
Critics broadly found the adaptation stylish, suspenseful, and magnetically constructed, while divided reactions focused on its overlong runtime, convoluted revelations, and unresolved ambiguity.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Alice's investigation continually raises uncertainty about whether her account and conclusions can be trusted.
The psychiatric ward controls access to information while staff and patients become possible suspects or witnesses.
Critics specifically praised the art direction, costume design, stylization, and pop-inflected adaptation.
The homicide inquiry advances through successive closures and reversals that complicate the apparent solution.
Films like God's Crooked Lines, and why
Shutter Island
Shared psychological mystery, institutional setting, shifting perceptions, and unresolved ambiguity.
Session 9
Shared psychiatric institution, unreliable perceptions, murder investigation, and escalating psychological tension.
The Invisible Guest
Shared elegant European mystery construction, contested reality, and intricate narrative revelations.
The Sixth Sense
Shared gothic institutional atmosphere, identity uncertainty, and stylized psychological suspense.
Movie Details
- Director
- Oriol Paulo
- Release Date
- 2022-10-06
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (869)
Cast
- Bárbara Lennie
- Eduard Fernández
- Loreto Mauleón
- Javier Beltrán
- Pablo Derqui
- Federico Aguado
- Adelfa Calvo
- Antonio Buíl
- Dafnis Balduz
- Lluís Soler
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is God's Crooked Lines about?
- A determined private detective enters a psychiatric ward to investigate a murder, only to find every explanation shadowed by competing versions of reality.
- What is God's Crooked Lines like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of God's Crooked Lines as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is God's Crooked Lines violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in God's Crooked Lines as mild.
- What did critics think of God's Crooked Lines?
- Critics broadly found the adaptation stylish, suspenseful, and magnetically constructed, while divided reactions focused on its overlong runtime, convoluted revelations, and unresolved ambiguity.
- Which films are like God's Crooked Lines?
- Films with a similar feel include Shutter Island, Session 9, The Invisible Guest, and The Sixth Sense.
- How long is God's Crooked Lines?
- God's Crooked Lines runs 155 minutes.
- Where can I watch God's Crooked Lines?
- In United States, God's Crooked Lines streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
