This Review Contains SPOILERS
Two couples meet in a church basement to discuss the aftermath of a violent tragedy in Mass. Jay (Jason Isaacs) and his wife Gail (Martha Plimpton) arrive at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Hailey, Idaho. Greeted by church employee Judy (Breeda Wool), they are led down to a meeting room set up in the church basement, where they are soon joined by Linda (Ann Dowd) and her husband Richard (Reed Birney). The two couples are then left alone, as they both express their feelings about a violent tragedy that affected them both.
Mass is the directorial debut of actor Fran Kranz (Dollhouse, The Cabin in the Woods), which is a single-location drama about two couples meeting in a church basement. The film kicks off with a relatively lighthearted prologue, as church employee Judy arrives early to begin preparing for the meeting with her co-worker Anthony (Kagen Albright) and Kendra (Michelle N. Carter), the attorney for one of the couples. However, when the four individuals of Jay, Gail, Linda, and Richard are seated in the meeting room, the focus moves entirely on their very heated discussion.
In my honest opinion, Mass is a film that really should be seen knowing as little as possible about the specifics of this meeting as possible. However, it is also going to be difficult for me to write a review for the film without revealing these details. As such, such I am going to say right now that I thought that Mass was an excellent film and that you really should check it out. If you want to know why and don't mind SPOILERS, then feel free to continue reading this review.
