The Incomer

Fricken DELIGHTFUL start to Sundance. So much heart.

Amanda the Jedi

Sundance online. Charming enough film with some really sweet and funny moments. Although a decent amount of the humor didn’t land for me.  I love that Domhnall Gleeson is basically just his character from the Paper in this.

Joel

Sundance Movie #6: If The Ballad of Wallis Island and The Banshees of Inisherin had a quirky baby, it would be this movie. Domhnall Gleeson plays a government official who travels to a remote Scottish island to reclaim it from the brother and sister who have grown up in…

Dan Murrell

Domhnall Gleeson screams just like R2D2 :) Found this to be almost overwhelmingly lovely. Explores mental health through such a uniquely quirky lens. The empathy and humor here mix to create a fantastical story that left me feeling so at ease. I kept thinking about another…

claira curtis

this started off delightfully quirky and whimsical, but the more i watched, the more i noticed the depth beneath the surface. i loved the offbeat humor, but what really stuck with me was how it explores grief, isolation, and what happens when an outsider enters a place…

Shelby Jo 📀

Scottish island, folklore, seagulls? All my favs. Such a charming debut. And my first movie at my first-ever time at Sundance!

Jenni Kaye

Loved this. Domhnall Gleeson gets sent to a remote Scottish Isle to evict the two resident of the isle that was ling thought to be uninhabited. When he gets there he finds a brother and sister Sandy (Grant O’Rourke) and Isla (Gayle Rankin), hardened by the fear of mainland…

Kevflix And Chill

THE INCOMER is a delightful mixture of Scottish folklore, deadpan comedy, and heartfelt charm. While many will watch it for Domhnall Gleeson, it’s Gayle Rankin who completely owns the film with a magnetic, off-beat performance. Debut director Louis Paxton brings his trio of…

Matt Neglia

the perfect year for Sundance to accept a folk horror adjacent comedy where the admirably strange denizens of a Scottish island fight back against the officials trying to take them from their home — politically astute and, most importantly, very funny

Justin LaLiberty