Story Line
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
“An X-traordinary origin story.”
Top Cast
Mia Goth
Pearl
David Corenswet
Projectionist
Tandi Wright
Ruth
Matthew Sunderland
Father
Emma Jenkins-Purro
Mitsy
Alistair Sewell
Howard
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
2022-09-16
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
HorrorThriller
Part of the Series
X Collection
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User Reviews (8)
Nathan
8/10
•10/14/2022_Pearl_ is a great character study that dives deeper in the stakes that an individual will go to attain success. It is unquestionable that the main question people will ask is, does it live up to X? While I do think it is a good film that I thoroughl...
Manuel São Bento
7/10
•11/22/2022MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2022-edition/
"Pearl may be a prequel to X, but Ti West turns this slasher into an incredibly complex character study represented - and co-written (!) - by Mia ...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•3/23/2023Despite quite a characterful effort from Mia Goth as the title character here, I wasn't really very impressed with this film. She lives on a farm whilst her young husband is off fighting on the Somme. She shares her life with her Germanic, rather aut...
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
7/10
•4/23/2023**By: Louisa Moore / www.ScreenZealots.com**
The strange and unusual “Pearl,” a prequel to writer / director Ti West‘s “X”, is a different kind of slasher film. Creating an origin story for the title villain, the film tells the history of a farm g...