Reviews

With an incredible lead performance by Savanah Welch and and a show stopping third act, this little rock indie goes above and beyond what you'd expect from a modestly budgeted indie. Unlike a film like The Commitments and myriad other films about the rise and fall of a band, The Transcendents avoids music altogether and spends much of its ninety minute runtime meditating on the damage of ones past -- artistic and familial damage. By the time we get to the explosive third act, we've been lulled into a trance and are unable to foresee the tragedy that is being played out before our very eyes. Big props to the film's composer, who replaces what would normally be a rock score with that of an Italian Western score.