Sinners Will Disappoint You if You Believe Critics Ratings: The Worst Things About Michael B. Jordan’s Vampire Movie
All that glitters ain’t gold, and all that’s praised ain’t perfect. We don’t know who first said that, but boy, it rings louder than a church bell in a vampire flick. Let us start by saying—Critics are singing Sinners’ praises like it’s the second coming of cinema, tossing around 98% ratings like Mardi Gras beads. Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, PostTrak—they’re all lining up like fanboys at a Marvel premiere.
Directed by Ryan Coogler—yes, that Coogler, the mind behind Black Panther—Sinners had all the ingredients: Michael B. Jordan in a dual role (double trouble, right?), a star-studded cast, a $90 million budget, and a setting rich with blood-soaked history: the 1932 Mississippi Delta. And still… it left a few viewers thirstier than a vampire in a drought. Let’s dig into why Sinners may not be the savior film critics claim it is.
Critics may clap, but Sinners left some viewers in a coma
Just because everyone’s clapping doesn’t mean the show was worth the ticket. That thought hit us like a runaway hearse halfway through Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s ambitious stab at vampire lore set in the Deep South.
Let’s call a coffin a coffin: Sinners walks, talks, and broods like it’s horror, but it plays like a slow-moving historical drama with a few vampire teeth thrown in as garnish. Yes, according to one fan, the first hour and fifteen minutes feel like wading through molasses:
SINNERS (2025) was dull, dull, dull. Anyone expecting to see a terrifying, suspenseful Horror movie has to wait a LONG time to get to the good stuff
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Credit where it’s due: Michael B. Jordan pulls double duty and carries both roles like a champ. Delroy Lindo? Always a king. And Wunmi Mosaku? Chef’s kiss. The same viewer gushed:
Wunmi Mosako was phenomenal.
Hailee Steinfeld’s lines, though delivered earnestly, sometimes feel like they were lifted from a high school play. As the viewer aptly said:
This part needed a young Lonette McKee.
Now listen, Coogler is no hack. The man’s got an eye like a hawk and a brain that churns out beauty. As this fan also noted:
It’s very pretentious and Ryan Coogler is very good at symbolism and attention for detail but a movie needs more than that for it to work.
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Amen. Yes, Sinners is gorgeous to look at. But for a movie that cost $90 million and needs to hit $185 million to break even… shouldn’t we walk out feeling something more than, “Well, that was pretty.”?
Rave reviews, rising risks: Sinners walks a fine line between blessing and bust
Early buzz and glowing reviews are whetting our appetite for Michael B. Jordan’s leap into horror—but let’s hope the film has more bite than bark. It’s currently sitting pretty at a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
With numbers like that, the box office forecast is looking sunnier than a vampire’s worst nightmare. But while Sinners is charming the critics, there’s a storm cloud looming over its financial fate. Word on the street is Warner Bros. may have bitten off more than they could chew.
According to a juicy scoop dropped by a source close to the production (via Puck), Warner Bros. was riding high on Ryan Coogler’s golden track record—understandable, given his past blockbusters—but it seems they may have let their confidence write checks the box office can’t cash.
Here’s where it gets spicy: though the film was initially pitched with a $60 million price tag, it allegedly ballooned to over $90 million by the time cameras stopped rolling. That’s not just a bump—that’s a blowout. And it gets juicier: the source claims Warner Bros. Entertainment chairperson Mike De Luca “stuck his neck out” for Sinners, going all-in with unwavering faith in the film’s potential.
Noble? Sure. Risky? Oh, absolutely.
And with The Minecraft Movie digging deep into box office gold and Marvel’s Thunderbolts* revving up just around the corner, Sinners may have to hustle like a vampire at sunrise to stand a fighting chance.
Moral of the story? Don’t let the critics write your story. Watch the movie yourself, judge with your own eyes, and maybe carry some holy water… just in case.
Sinners is currently running in US theaters.
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